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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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[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

...are you retarded?

It's a rhetorical question.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 61 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 22 points 9 hours ago

Yeah this is a mass poisoning.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

Dude, it's just a prank, bro!

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 26 points 11 hours 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"

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 46 points 13 hours ago
[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 239 points 21 hours 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 72 points 16 hours 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.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

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

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 52 points 12 hours 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.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours 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.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

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

[-] femtech@midwest.social 2 points 3 hours 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

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours 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.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 137 points 22 hours ago

Now, this could qualify as terrorism.

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

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 59 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 hours 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.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 14 points 20 hours ago

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

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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 42 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 23 points 19 hours ago

Good, let him rot in irrelevance, and prison.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 61 points 22 hours ago
[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 15 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago

actually, do record yourself doing crimes.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 11 points 10 hours ago

Right? I'm all for it.

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

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 7 points 12 hours 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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