New Jersey Man Hufffing Inhalants While Ridng a Motorized Wheelchair

Via the Newark Advocate in New Jersey:

Twice in two days police have responded for a report of a man riding a motorized wheelchair while abusing inhalants.

On June 29^th officers responding to the report found a man inside a home huffing computer duster. They noticed the wheelchair outside contained cans of computer duster and they heard “what sounded like the dispensing of an aerosol can coming from inside the apartment.”  Through the screen door they saw the man huffing and when they tried to handcuff him he took the “can with his free hand, put it in his mouth and inhaled the contents once more.” He was treated at the hospital but not arrested.

The following morning at 6:15 am, police responded to the call and found the same man inhaling from a can of computer duster. He wasn’t arrested but police are considering submitting the report for “charges of abusing a harmful intoxicant.” The man told police he abuses inhalants for pain.

Arrested for Painkiller Substitute

Via Greenfield Patch in Wisconsin

Found outside a Target inhaling aerosol duster, a 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with abusing a hazardous substance. While in the booking room of the police station, the man “grabbed the can from an officer marking it for evidence and began running around the room and huffing the substance until they eventually caught him again.” He told police the duster served as a substitute for painkillers he was not able to obtain for his pancreatic pain. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines.