Former Austin Police Officer found Dead

Austin, TX
Courtesy of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

Police are investigating the death of a former member of the Austin Police Department and inhalant abuse is suspected. The 36 year old was found dead in his hotel room surorunded by "many aerosol cans."

The article notes he had been employed by the police department before two incidents where he had been huffing. In one case he was found huffing in a Lowe's Parking lot. In the second, he was found in an apartment complex in Austin surorunded by 36 cans of computer duster.

Police Officer Arrested for Huffing

From KVUE News in Texas:

On Monday, an Austin police officer was taken into police custody, placed on restrictive duty, and charged with “inhaling either glue or paint.”

Frighteningly, the article notes that he was “arrested just weeks earlier in Kyle for the same offense.”