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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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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 5 hours 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 5 points 14 hours ago

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

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago

...are you retarded?

It's a rhetorical question.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 94 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 38 points 1 day ago

Yeah this is a mass poisoning.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago

Dude, it's just a prank, bro!

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Right to jail

[-] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 14 hours ago

on the vegetables some will already have pesticides from the factory

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago
[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day 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"

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 263 points 1 day 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 86 points 1 day 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 15 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

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

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day 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.

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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 21 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.

[-] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours 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.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 20 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.

[-] femtech@midwest.social 3 points 19 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

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 146 points 1 day ago

Now, this could qualify as terrorism.

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

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It would need to be politically motivated

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 65 points 1 day ago

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

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

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

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day 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 17 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 68 points 1 day ago
[-] Chozo@fedia.io 48 points 1 day ago

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

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago

Good, let him rot in irrelevance, and prison.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day 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 24 points 1 day ago

actually, do record yourself doing crimes.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago

Right? I'm all for it.

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

[-] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

So you want people not getting caught for illegal, and immoral actions?

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day 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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