RUMFORD - Police say a Rumford woman's attempt to catch a buzz from inhaling aerosol spray made them crack open their law books to find a charge to fit the crime. The woman's 16-year-old son turned her into the cops last week. It was the first such incident for Rumford police, Sgt. David Bean said Tuesday afternoon. He said her son told police about his mom's huffing - inhaling - … [Read more...]
An Ephrata man's bus ride to Manheim Township on Wednesday morning turned into a foot chase, a scuffle and finally an arrest in a store parking lot, police said. Gene L. Engle Jr., 45, of Lily Drive, was reportedly "huffing," or inhaling substances, on a Red Rose Transit Authority bus as it traveled along the 1900 block of Fruitville Pike around 8:30, police said. After Engle and others got … [Read more...]
A Daniels woman allegedly under the influence of an inhalant crashed a car through a yard and two fences, went over and up two embankments and struck a building, injuring another woman and a five-month-old girl, Beckley police said. Angel L. Stoots, 25, of Danmont Vista, was charged with DUI with injury, DUI with child endangerment, driving without a license and having no insurance, Cpl. Will … [Read more...]
PORT ST. LUCIE — Police on Thursday arrested a Fort Pierce woman who admitted “huffing” aerosol and retrieved 57 cans of aerosol from her vehicle, according to police and a report released Friday. Laurel K. Smith, 27, faces a misdemeanor dangerous inhalation of a harmful chemical substance charge after an officer found her in a vehicle at a CVS Pharmacy in the 2800 block of Southwest Port St. … [Read more...]
The Bethlehem National Guardsman who died in March while serving in Iraq accidentally killed himself by inhaling pressurized air from the type of can people use to blow dust off their computer keyboards. By most accounts, Frederick Carlson IV, 25, was a gung-ho guardsman who volunteered for dangerous missions, but he died after "huffing" the common office product Dust-Off, according to an Army … [Read more...]