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Man Caught Selling 'Laughing Gas' Balloons Outside Irving Plaza, Police Say
[DNAINFO] A man was enjuggedDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! for selling balloons filled with laughing gas outside of a Disco Biscuits concert at Irving Plaza, the NYPD said. Police spotted 22-year-old Carlos Holguin filling balloons from a nitrous oxide tank and selling them to concert patrons on Irving Place between East 15th and 16th streets at 2:15 a.m. June 13, police said. Holguin held up a balloon filled with the gas and offered it to the officer, saying, "four for $20?" before the officer arrested him, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's criminal complaint. Holguin was charged with unlawful use of nitrous oxide for intoxication and unlicensed general vending, both misdemeanors, according to the criminal complaint. He did not have a license from the Department of Consumer Affairs to sell the balloons, the DA's office said. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-19 |
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