Indiana Man Arrested for Huffing in Parking Lot

Via WBIW.com

A 26-year-old, Bloomington, Indiana man was arrested after police were called to the parking lot of a Kmart.

According to police the man had purchased cans of duster and was huffing them in his car.  A 14-year-old boy was also in the car, but police say he did not appear to be intoxicated.  The man was arrested on preliminary charges of inhaling toxic vapors.

Illinois Woman Arrested for Huffing Duster in a Parking Lot

Via the Elmhurst Patch in Illinois:

A 51 year old woman was arrested and charged with unlawful use of an inhalant after she was found huffing a can of computer duster in a Kmart parking lot.

Arkansas Man Hides in Store Overnight and Huffs Sixteen Cans of Computer Duster

Via Huffington Post: 

Earlier this week a 21 year old male was found passed out in the storage room of an Arkansas Kmart and “covered in vomit and urine with 16 empty cans of computer duster nearby.”

When the man came to, he told police he had hid out in the store until it closed and huffed all night long. Police found more empty cans in the man’s truck and he told police he had spent $100 buying dusters at Walmart the previous day.

Florida Woman Arrested After Huffing in Kmart Bathroom

Via the Independent Florida Alligator:

A 43 year-old woman was arrested after a Kmart store employee caught her abusing inhalants in the store restroom.

The employee heard someone spraying something in the bathroom and went to investigate. She found the woman passed out on the floor and called the police. The police report notes the woman admitted she had “been “huffing” for a couple of weeks to deal with back pain.” She was charged with “inhaling/ingesting harmful chemicals and possession of harmful chemicals charges.”

Florida Mother Arrested Again For Huffing- With 19 Day Old Baby in Car

Via Ocala.com in Florida:

A 31 year old female nurse “who has been arrested at least four times for huffing aerosol products” was involved in yet another inhalant abuse incident last month.

Police responded to a call for a traffic accident in a shopping center parking lot. The driver of the damaged parked car told the officer that the driver of the other car had been huffing a product before backing into her car. In the car, police found three cans of computer duster (an empty one on the front console) and the woman’s 19 day old son in the car. The Department of Children and Families was notified and took custody of the infant.

The driver told police she went to Kmart to buy the product and then returned to her car to “take one hit” from the can. She indicated she doesn’t remember inhaling the rest of the can and was charged with “inhalation of a harmful chemical substance and child abuse.”

The article notes she was also arrested in April, May, June and August 2010 and charged each time with inhaling harmful substances.

In one case, she was found unconscious in her car in a Wal-Mart parking lot by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy. She woke up and immediately started huffing from a can of computer duster. In another case, her son went to a neighbor’s house to help for his mother. When officials arrived they found a pregnant woman lying on a bed with a computer duster nearby. Her two sons told police she had been huffing from the product while driving. More info on that second case can be found here.

North Dakota Man Convicted in 12th Huffing Arrest

Via InForum in North Dakota:

A 38 year old man who had been “convicted 9 times of inhaling intoxicating vapors since 2006” was arrested again last Saturday. This latest incident marked his third arrest for huffing in the past two months.

Police responded to a call regarding a man who was reportedly having medical issues in his car in a Kmart parking lot. Upon responding they found a man slumped over in the driver’s seat. He then raised a can of computer duster to his nose and began huffing the product. Police arrested the man on “suspicion of inhaling intoxicating vapors, which is a Class B misdemeanor under North Dakota law.”

The article also notes the man was convicted of the same charge nine times between August 2006 and March 2010. Two cases remain open stemming from arrests Dec. 14 and Jan. 7.”

Pennsylvania Man Caught Behind the Wheel Again

Via The Progress in Pennsylvania:

A 30 year old man has entered a guilty plea to charges of “smelling/inhaling toxic releasing substances, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.”

Back in October the man was found slumped over and unresponsive in a truck that was running with the door open. When police turned off the ignition they found a can of duster in the man’s hand. When he came to the man “admitted he had recently purchased the duster and went behind Kmart to inhale it.” More cans of duster were found in the car and the man was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Three days later, police received reports of a man huffing computer duster in a Wal-Mart parking lot. The vehicle description matched the one in the case above and the registration and when sheriff’s deputies pulled the truck over, it was same driver.

This time he initially denied but then admitted to huffing and noted that he needs help.

Men Steal Can of Duster From Kmart

From the Lufkin Daily News in Texas:

Police, responding to a call for shoplifting at Kmart, ended up arresting two men whom they found in a stolen minivan. The two men have been accused of stealing a can of computer duster valued at approximately $5.29 “apparently to use an inhalant to get high” one of the officers stated.

After allegedly stealing the duster, the men fled in the minivan. An officer followed the car but waited for back-up before pulling them over. The police report noted that the minivan had been stolen sometime the night before from a local dealership, where the owners had left it to have it serviced.

Man Huffing on Sidewalk Outside K-Mart

From the Kitsap Sun in Washington:

Last Thursday evening, a 29 year old man was arrested for allegedly “getting high” on computer dusters outside a K-Mart.

Store employees “called police at about 6 p.m. because they thought a man who was passed out on the sidewalk in front of the store was drunk. When an officer arrived, the man was still there on his side.”

While talking to the employees, the officer “heard what sounded like a can spraying. One of the employees said, "He's doing it again." The man was still on the ground and the officer saw him “discharging something from a metal can into his mouth.”

“One of the employees said he'd watched him inhale from the can at least two other times.”

The man was “incoherent and disoriented” and was taken to the hospital. He was soon released and booked on “suspicion of inhalation for the purpose of intoxication with bail set at $2,500.”