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A Corvallis man told police he liked to inhale nitrous oxide after he defecated in a grocery store aisle and again on a stranger's couch on May 23, 2016.

(The Oregonian/OregonLive/file)

A man defecated in a grocery store and again on a stranger's couch Monday then told police he likes to inhale nitrous oxide, Corvallis police said.

Employees at a Safeway at 450 S.W. 3rd St. told police about 10 p.m. they saw a man stop in an aisle, drop his shorts and defecate, Corvallis police spokesman Lt. Cord Wood said in a news release. The man then continued walking and tracking feces as he went throughout the store until employees persuaded him to leave.

Officers identified suspect Tim Kielty, 54, of Corvallis based on a bag of belongings the man left behind, police said.

A short time later, officers responded to the 300 block of Southwest 7th Street after a resident reporting a naked, intoxicated man entered his home through an unlocked door, Wood said. Then the man defecated on the couch, Wood said.

"When the victims demanded he leave, he ignored them and told them to bring him a towel," Wood said.

When officers arrived, they found Kielty inside the home, police said. The residents said they did not know who he was, Wood said.

Kielty told police he liked inhaling "whip its," a street name for canisters of nitrous oxide used to make whipped cream.

Wood later said Kielty entered the grocery store already high on an intoxicant, and did not use any nitrous oxide from store products.

Police took Kielty to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was evaluated, cited and later released.

Officers accused him of two counts of second-degree criminal mischief, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

-- Tony Hernandez

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503-294-5928

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