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New York man held on charges of huffing

Walmart worker allegedly saw Brumfield using solvents in truck

Brumfield

From Mirror staff reports

A New York man is in Blair County Prison after he was allegedly spotted huffing duster in Walmart’s parking lot.

Jeremy J. Brumfield, 37, of Jamestown, N.Y., was alleg­edly just waking up and in the passenger side of his Chev­rolet pickup when Alle­gheny Township police officers showed up in the Walmart parking lot along Plank Road about 4 a.m. Sat­urday for a report of a man huffing from a can in the truck, according to charg­es filed over the weekend.

Police said there were multiple cans of duster on the floor at Brumfield’s feet, and when he was told by officers that they had a report of someone seeing him huffing from a can, Brumfield allegedly admitted he had been huffing.

Officers allegedly found used and unused cans in the truck, including four cans of Onn brand electronics dust­er and one can of Sprayway brand glass cleaner.

Police said an employee who reported it to police was walking by the truck and heard a “wooshing” sound and “looked over to see Mr. Brumfield with a can of what he thought was paint up to his face and pass out against the window,” Allegheny Township Police Officer Paul Mummert Jr. noted in the charges.

Brumfield was passing through the area on his way from Washington, D.C., po­lice said. A large dog he had with him was taken to the Central Pennsylvania Hu­mane Society, and his truck was towed from the scene.

Brumfield’s bail was set at $3,500 cash by Magisterial District Judge Fred Miller at his arraignment on six misdemeanor counts related to the huffing of solvents, and he was lodged in Blair County Prison. A preliminary is hearing scheduled for Thursday before Magis­terial District Judge Steven Jackson.

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