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Mason City man jailed and fined for inhaling toxic vapors

MASON CITY – A Mason City man served jail time and was ordered to pay fines after a series of bizarre behaviors after he inhaled toxic vapors, a violation of city code.

James Garvin Mitchell, age 31 of Mason City, was arrested three times for violating city code that bans the inhalation of toxic vapors.

Mitchell was first arrested on September 14, 2016, in Central Park. Police allege he had been “witnessed huffing in the park.”

Mitchell was arrested a few days later on September 20 after being reported lying on ground, allegedly disoriented, in the Mills Fleet Farm parking lot with can of compressed air.

Finally, Mitchell was arrested in the 000 block of North Monroe Avenue on Thursday, September 29 at around 11:01 AM.

“Mitchell was allegedly acting strange, yelling at the air, and the caller(s) thought he should be checked on,” a police spokesman detailed. Officers found Mitchell in some trees nearby with a canister of compressed air that appeared to have recently been used.

As a result of his three arrests for this violation of city code, Mitchell was sent to jail for a total of 2 days and ordered to pay $382.50 in fines and court costs.

According to Mason City code:

Mitchell, James Garvin

8-3-16: INHALATION OF TOXIC VAPORS PROHIBITED:

No person shall knowingly smell or inhale the fumes of toxic vapors for the purpose of causing a condition of euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction, or dulled senses of the nervous system, or possess, buy, or use any such substance for the purpose of violating or aiding another to violate this section. But this section does not apply to the inhalation of anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.

As used in this section the term “toxic vapors” means the following substances or products containing such substances: acetone, alcohols (methyl, isopropyl, propyl, or butyl), aliphatic acetates (ethyl, methyl, propyl, or methyl cellosolve acetate), allyl isothiocyanate, benzene, butane, carbon tetrachloride, cyclohexane, ether, freons (freon 11 and freon 12), hexane, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, methylene chloride, naphtha, nitrous oxide, perchlorethylene, propane, toluene, trichloromethane, trichloroethylene, or xylene, or other chemical substance capable of causing similar effects upon the human body. Evidence that a container, or a similar container, if the label is missing, lists one or more of these substances is prima facie evidence that the substance in such container contains toxic vapors and emits the fumes thereof. (Ord. 11-12, 9-20-2011)

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