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Prankster arrested for spraying pesticide on Walmart produce (ktar.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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According to police, Charles Smith, 27, entered the Walmart at 1955 S. Stapley Dr. on Dec. 19 intending to film pranks for social media platforms.

Instead, police said Smith grabbed a can of Hot Shot Ultra Bed Bug and Flea Killer from a shelf without paying for it and then sprayed the pesticide on various vegetables, fruit and rotisserie chickens that were available for purchase.

Smith recorded his face, the pesticide can and the act of him spraying its contents. He later posted the recording online.

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 68 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I do not agree with the use of "prankster".

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 38 points 7 months ago

Yeah this is a mass poisoning.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

Dude, it's just a prank, bro!

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Right to jail

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 7 months ago

Hey! What happened to people’s FREE SPEECH when it comes to pranks? What are we, Nazi Germany?

Note: This is a sarcastic comment.

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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that's not a prank. That could have killed people if nobody noticed it.

I hope they lock his dumb ass up for a long time.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

From the last wave of pranks when people licked ice creams and put it back I have learned that messing with food is a federal crime in the US and is taken quite seriously.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

As it should be. The regulations were significantly increased after the Tylenol murders in 1982. It's also why we have no tamper things on many ingestible items.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

That’s because it’s an easy way to cause the death of children. People become angry, understandably.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

It could also cause the death of a CEO, which is an even more serious concern.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Depends on which children, apparently.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Uh oh, but will that department get the ax after inauguration? Might be time to do delivery only groceries. Where I live they come from special stores with no general public access.

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[-] C126@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but what if healthcare executives shopped there?

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

The chief pilot at the flight school I worked for used to say "Let's go commit a few counts of aviation."

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

...are you retarded?

It's a rhetorical question.

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Now, this could qualify as terrorism.

Not a single murder of a psychopathic indirect mass murderer CEO.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago

Doubt many CEOs shop at Walmart, otherwise it would totally be terrorism charges.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

you'd be surprised. A fairly large number of them are quite miserly, even in their personal lives.

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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

What do you believe his political motive was in spraying the produce?

[-] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What was the political motive behind Luigi YAHOOO-ing the ceo?

I would recommend you reading his manifesto as long as you can, its not long but its being taken down from pretty much everwhere

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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

What political cause or ideology do you think this was done in support of?

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Now, this could qualify as terrorism.

🤣

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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Smith recorded his face, the pesticide can and the act of him spraying its contents. He later posted the recording online.

"Arrest me Daddy uwu"

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 11 points 7 months ago

He only got ~300 likes on his posts, too. Dude's picking up a felony charge for 300 likes.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

Good, let him rot in irrelevance, and prison.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago

"Prank"

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 points 7 months ago

I misread the police car on the thumbnail as "Meesa police" and thought it was going to be a jarjar binks meme before I read the title

[-] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

wait until you find out how much DDT we sprayed everywhere.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

It's remarkable that it needs to be said but... Don't record yourself doing crimes and post it on YouTube.

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Unless you do universally hated shit like this dickhole, then by all means, tell us exactly who you are and what you did.

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