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

submitted 17 hours 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] 9 points 4 hours ago

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago

Yeah this is a mass poisoning.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 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"

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 hours ago

[–] [email protected] 40 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 14 hours ago

Good, let him rot in irrelevance, and prison.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

I don't know what community I thought I was in, but I thought this was gonna be some joke story about Jar Jar Binks running a police force. Those cops need to fix the spacing for "Mesa"

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