WEATHERSandusky man caught huffing air cans again
Feb 07
2012
A Sandusky man was arrested Monday after police found him huffing air duster cans, his second such offense in recent weeks.
Sandusky police went to investigate a strange odor in a Fulton Street home at about 3 p.m. when they found Kenneth Jefferson, 24, inhaling compressed air from canisters, a police report said.
“He just got released from the hospital,” Sandusky police Lt. John Orzech said. “There he was doing the same thing.”
Officers had received word that Jefferson left the hospital recently and was back in town. They planned to serve him charges for abusing harmful intoxicants — stemming from a prior offense — when they got a similar complaint about him on Monday.
In a Jan. 13 incident, officers had found Jefferson sitting on the floor in his mother’s Fulton Street home as he huffed air canisters. A bucket of vomit sat nearby and dozens of empty “Duster” bottles littered the floor after his four-day huffing binge, a police report said.
His blistered and bloated lips supported the story in that first incident. Paramedics took him to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo for medical treatment.
On Monday, Jefferson’s mouth didn’t sustain quite as much damage, Orzech said, although he’d only been out of the hospital for a few days.
At 5:30 p.m. he was still in the Erie County jail without bond.
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08:39 PM
Woody Hayes says
Ever notice that there is no grafitti painted on the "Gateway to the Getto" on Hayes Ave yet? The little pot heads have found better things to do with spray paint.
08:01 PM
katelih says
I really need to learn how to HUFF...I am getting sooo fat with all the Whipped Topping I have been spraying down my throat..
03:57 PM
wiredmama222 says
As much as I hate to say this, Phil has the right idea here. Obviously this guy needs something to escape reality so give him something that won't kill him, so give him some weed. At least even the government is realizing the medicinal purposes of it, so why not give it to him before he burns out what is left of his brain and kills himself.
01:44 PM
The New World Czar says
Exactly right about who's picking up the tab...us!
Better yet, why does the SR waste time and space on numbskulls like this?
10:08 AM
grandmasgirl says
Sorry people, but I am getting tired of reading these stories about losers. If all he does to contribute to society is sit in a room and "huff", then I say let him. It is probably a sure bet that he doesn't have a job, so who is paying for the stuff he huffs and who pays his hospital bill? Personally TODAY I do not care if his lips swell up to the size of a Volkswagon. Just don't spend my tax dollars on this loser any more.
09:51 AM
The Big Dog's back says
Taxpayer??????
09:08 AM
SimpleEnough says
I believe he must be Drain Bramaged by now, so does that mean he gets to go on SSDI and anything else and continue down the path of self destruction on our nickel?
09:05 AM
SimpleEnough says
He sure must like them Nilla wafers!
08:47 AM
6079 Smith W says
It isn't just "compressed air," it contains a refrigerant: HFC-134a (tetrafluoroethane).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_duster
Pity that this young man has a death wish.
08:35 AM
Captain Gutz says
Oh I remember Pam, but I never knew she killed anyone!
08:04 AM
2cents says
Oh darn, privately held company, ironic name, no stock options to buy!
(Falcon Safety Products, Inc. manufactures and markets compressed-gas consumer aerosol products. It offers computer/personal electronics cleaning products; cleaning dusters; and sound signaling devices, including signal horns. The company serves photographic, marine, sport, and industrial safety markets. Falcon Safety Products, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Branchburg, New Jersey.)
But seariously, it is sad. I wrote a letter to the Register editor and Dear Abby about this some time ago. I lost two classmates to huffing Pam in middle school. This young man is an addict and should be in a different kind of hospital. Obviously he has not decided to "stop digging" as they say!
Just saying!
07:57 AM
SMF1 says
Now what could be more fun than that? Swollen lips and a bucket of puke....good times, good times.
07:36 AM
TuffNutts2011 says
HaHa right on Phil.
07:00 AM
Phil Packer says
It can't be THAT much fun. This is why weed should be legal. Someone, write him a pot prescription so he doesn''t die.