Future Homicide Suspect Arrested at McDonald's After Inhaling Air Dusters

Around 4:21 PM on May 6, 2025, Patrolman Stephen Manney responded to McDonald's at 235 Ridgedale Avenue on a report of a female who appeared highly intoxicated. He made contact with the female, who was later identified as 31-year-old Casandrea West. As he awakened her, he noticed that she had a spray can of "Electronics Duster" in her arms with the straw pointed towards her mouth. After she was awakened, Casandrea told Patrolman Manney that she had just left the women's shelter and that she was waiting for her sister.

While she was waiting for her sister, Casandrea claimed that she had purchased spray cans at Walmart before bringing them back to McDonald's. She admitted to inhaling from those cans and she was eventually placed under arrest. A search of her belongings yielded 2 empty spray cans and another can that was only half full. Following the search of her belongings on scene, Patrolman Manney transported Casandrea to the Hanover Township Police Department for further processing. At the station, she was found to be in possession of a credit card that did not belong to her, so it was confiscated. After she was processed, Casandrea was released pending her court appearance in the Hanover Township Municipal Court on May 12, 2025.

Casandrea has a prior arrest for shoplifting (2C:20-11B(2)) in Mount Olive, NJ on July 31, 2023. Casandrea was later arrested again for shoplifting (2C:20-11B(1)) in Roxbury Township, New Jersey on May 8, 2025. Soon afterwards, Casandrea was arrested yet again on June 16, 2025 (2C:5-2A(2) (2 counts), 2C:18-3A, and 2C:28-6(1)) on suspicion of being involved in the death of 65-year-old Stanley M. Robinson, who was found unresponsive on the train tracks in Morristown, NJ on June 13, 2025.

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