The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A dentist in Texas is facing charges after a traffic stop and a brief chase led to his third arrest relating to illegal use and possession of nitrous oxide.
At the beginning of October, a 39-year-old man who has been a dentist for approximately 13 years had his first of three run-ins with the authorities when he was reportedly caught with Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) and arrested for possession of a volatile chemical. The following month, someone called the authorities to report that a person who appeared to be unconscious and possibly in need of medical help. The police went to the scene and approached a vehicle with an individual sitting in the driver’s seat. He was identified as the suspect from the October arrest, and when the authorities asked him to get out of the car, he allegedly ignored the command. It was reported that the officers noticed he had a canister in his hand, and he appeared to have inhaled something from it while they were watching. When he finally stepped out of the vehicle, he was reportedly unsteady on his feet. The police searched inside the car, and they allegedly found over 100 canisters. The man was taken into custody and charged with inhalant paraphernalia.
On February 9, he was reportedly speeding and deputies tried to perform a traffic stop. The man allegedly kept driving for approximately half a mile before pulling over. Again, the authorities reportedly discovered over 100 canisters of Nitrous Oxide in the vehicle.