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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 53 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 18 points 6 hours ago

Yeah this is a mass poisoning.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 25 points 8 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 42 points 10 hours ago
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 235 points 18 hours ago (1 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.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 68 points 13 hours 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.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago

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

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours 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.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 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.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 4 minutes 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 1 points 36 minutes 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.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 51 points 9 hours 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.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 135 points 18 hours ago (14 children)

Now, this could qualify as terrorism.

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

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 59 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 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 18 hours ago (19 children)

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

[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 14 points 17 hours ago

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

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 42 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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 16 hours ago

Good, let him rot in irrelevance, and prison.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 61 points 18 hours ago
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 14 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

actually, do record yourself doing crimes.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 9 points 7 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 9 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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