{"id":335627,"date":"2026-07-10T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/335627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:38:09","slug":"florida-man-takes-rideshare-passenger-huffing-nitrous-straight-to-police-station-after-she-refuses-to-get-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/335627\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Takes Rideshare Passenger Huffing Nitrous Straight to Police Station After She Refuses To Get Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman in Port St. Lucie, Florida, was placed in handcuffs shortly after allegedly refusing to stop huffing nitrous oxide while in a shared drive. According to the police, she continued to do so even after she was taken to a police station.<\/p>\n

According to a post made by the Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> (PSLPD), the incident occurred on Wednesday, June 8. During the afternoon, officers responded to what the police department referred to as an “unusual call.”<\/p>\n

More bizarre yet, the officers didn’t need to travel far. The case was right in their face, as the individuals involved were right at the PSLPD’s doorstep.<\/p>\n

As soon as they exited the police station, officers encountered a rare sight. A ride-share driver and a woman, who, according to the police, was huffing nitrous oxide.<\/p>\n

A Trip to the Police Station<\/p>\n

Before the impromptu trip to the PSLPD, the driver had picked up a woman later identified as 37-year-old Pamela Molina. Soon, she became an unruly passenger, disrupting the rideshare driver’s afternoon shift.<\/p>\n

According to the police, Molina began huffing nitrous oxide from a large canister while inside the vehicle. Photos shared by the police department showed a 3.3-liter NITROX canister. The driver insisted on her to stop, to no avail.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the driver asked her to exit her car multiple times. She refused, which led them both to the police station.<\/p>\n

Suspect Arrested\"Photo<\/p>\n

Photo Source: Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/p>\n

Officers came across Molina still inside the vehicle in question. She is accused of actively inhaling the nitrous oxide, even in the presence of law enforcement agents.<\/p>\n

The PSLPD detailed that the 37-year-old woman refused to comply with lawful commands and resisted being removed from the car. Eventually, officers were successful in removing her, and she was placed under arrest.<\/p>\n

She is charged with inhaling nitrous oxide to reduce intoxication and resisting an officer without violence. If convicted of the resisting charge, she could face up to a year in jail.<\/p>\n

Dangers of Nitrous Oxide Inhalation<\/p>\n

Inhaling nitrous oxide from canisters or other commercialized products can result in various adverse events, some of them severe. According to the FDA<\/a>, symptoms include, but are not limited to, asphyxiation, blood clots, frostbite, paralysis, trouble walking, and even death.<\/p>\n

The FDA also provides a list of brand names that can lead to these events if misused. These include Baking Bad, Euro Gas, Galaxy Gas, MassGass, and, in Molina’s case, NITROX, among others.<\/p>\n

“While we can appreciate the irony of where this happened, substance abuse is a serious matter,” the PSLPD said. “Our officers are committed to enforcing the law and keeping our community safe!”If you want more stories like this, follow Guessing Headlights<\/a> on <\/a>Yahoo<\/a> so you don’t miss what’s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman in Port St. Lucie, Florida, was placed in handcuffs shortly after allegedly refusing to stop huffing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,59636,138228,1599,102327,171],"class_list":["post-335627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-nitrous-oxide","tag-pamela-molina","tag-police-department","tag-police-station","tag-port-st-lucie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}