Charges Likely After Customer Huffs, Passes Out: Police

ROYAL OAK, MI – An employee of a local business accused a female customer, who was later found passed out in a store bathroom, of stealing a can of computer cleaner and huffing it.

Huffing is the practice of inhaling toxic gases, vapors and fumes for a quick high, but it can cause unconsciousness, as it did in an incident about 9:45 p.m. Monday, May 23, at the Office Depot store at 30975 Woodward Ave. Royal Oak police said in a news release.

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Police and the Royal Oak Fire Department responded to the store and the woman was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

The case remains under investigation, and charges are expected for retail fraud and use of inhalants, police said.