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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] 112 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah this is a mass poisoning.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dude, it's just a prank, bro!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days 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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[–] [email protected] 271 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] 93 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.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 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 2 days ago

Depends on which children, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (4 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.

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

Yeah, but what if healthcare executives shopped there?

[–] [email protected] 149 points 3 days ago (17 children)

Now, this could qualify as terrorism.

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

[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The CEO types have people who are responsible for filing the fridge and pantry. Those people probably shop at Walmart just like everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (26 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

Whatever you think it is to fit your personal narrative /s

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...are you retarded?

It's a rhetorical question.

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

No it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days 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"

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago

Good, let him rot in irrelevance, and prison.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

actually, do record yourself doing crimes.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Right? I'm all for it.

I want stupid people to remove themselves from society as quickly as possible.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days 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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