The pair of incidents came after Pedlar’s initial arrest on October 6, 2024, incident in which he was caught by police shortly before 2 a.m. inhaling nitrous in his truck, then “failing to listen to the officer's instructions to get out of the vehicle,” and “furthermore… refusing to give the officer his hands as instructed,” the complaint in that case alleges.
Texas dentist caught huffing while driving with more than 100 canisters of laughing gas in his car, cops say Christopher Pedlar admitted to huffing nitrous oxide ‘all day,’ police said.
Christopher Michael Pedlar, DDS, a 39-year-old married father of three who also teaches at the University of Texas School of Dentistry, was caught Saturday with 107 canisters of nitrous, a complaint filed in Harris County District Court states.
The latest complaint charging Pedlar with possession of nitrous oxide and fleeing a police officer, both misdemeanors, says he “continues to engage in conduct that results in his arrest for the same offense[,] and is posing a danger to the community” by driving after huffing.
Pedlar was already out on bail following a November 27, 2024, incident in which a neighbor called police for a wellness check after spotting the 39-year-old parked on the side of the street in a white Chevy Suburban at 8 a.m., and, upon returning home at 6 p.m., saw that the vehicle “had not moved,” according to the complaint in that case.
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