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

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 270 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but what if healthcare executives shopped there?

[–] [email protected] 92 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Depends on which children, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think they'd have a harder time getting rid of the FDA than the Department of Education, which sadly is in the crosshairs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Honestly - and I’m asking this in good faith - why do we need a federal department of education? Every state has their own department of education and sets their own standards anyway. Is it not redundant? Do they do something special? The only thing I can recall that was federal education related was no child left behind which destroyed education and just led to children passing grades that can’t read, write or do basic math. And of course the federal student loan program, which is just the government profiteering off its youth.

Note how I’m not asking why we need the FDA. There’s not even a question about how we need it. Arguably, we need more of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

If they get rid if the Department of Education, then they could follow up with the FDA in a couple years with no problems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

We shall see. I think anything with regulations is going to be added to the swamp. https://www.science.org/content/article/mixed-reactions-greet-trump-s-pick-longtime-fda-critic-head-agency