Crime & Safety

Woman Passes Out From Huffing In Secaucus Walmart, Police Say

She was later found a second time, just hours later, passed out in the parking lot of the CVS, again from huffing, police said.

SECAUCUS, NJ — A woman passed out in the Secaucus Walmart from allegedly "huffing," or inhaling aerosol cans, Secaucus police said. She was later found a second time, just hours later, passed out in the parking lot of the CVS, again from huffing, police said.

The incident happened Monday, Oct. 15: Secaucus police were called to the Walmart at 6:37 a.m. that day for a call of a woman passed out inside the store. Police said Stephanie Nunez, 30, was under the influence of an intoxicant and charged her with possession of an intoxicant, an aerosol can of dust cleaner, Secaucus police Capt. Dennis Miller confirmed to Patch.

She was served a complaint and released. However, just three hours later Secaucus police were called to the parking lot of the CVS in Plaza Center, where they said again they found Nunez passed out.

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Police said she allegedly shoplifted a second can of dust cleaner and "huffed" it in her car, Miller confirmed.

After her second arrest, Nunez was taken to the Hudson County Jail.

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