A man known locally for his apparent addiction to huffing spray paint is again behind bars.

Patrick Tribett, 45, of McMechen was being held Monday in the Northern Regional Jail on a charge of breathing intoxicating compounds. He was arrested by Wheeling police at about 6 a.m. in the 7-Eleven store on Market Street.

Officers responded to the area following a report of a man covered in gold paint. Lt. Mike VanKirk, who is Wheeling's acting police chief, said the arrest was made without incident.

Tribett has been arrested at least five times by local police departments for huffing spray paint. Prior to Monday, Tribett was last arrested for huffing on Aug. 29 in McMechen. At that time, police found him inhaling paint in an area near the industrial park known as the Mud Pit.

Tribett received national publicity in 2005 after being arrested by the Bellaire Police Department. In his mugshot, the lower half of his face was covered in gold paint from inhaling the intoxicant.

Spray paint covered Tribett's lower face and hands on March 24 of this year when McMechen police found him walking along W.Va. 2. In June 2006, Wheeling police found him intoxicated, again with his face covered in paint, and that arrest was made just one week after he was arrested under the Interstate 470 bridge, where he was found huffing paint. Last year, Wheeling police charged him with public intoxication after finding him staggering along Market Street near 15th Street in Wheeling.