Posted on 12/21/2024 10:57:01 PM PST by Morgana
MESA, Ariz. — An arrest has been made following a video on social media showing a man spraying bug killer on produce at a Mesa grocery store, police said.
In a video posted to "X," formerly known as Twitter, on Dec. 19, 27-year-old Charles Smith is seen spraying "Hot Shot Ultra Bed Bud and Flea Killer" on bananas, potatoes, lemons, limes and rotisserie chickens at a Walmart in Mesa.
According to the post on "X", the original video was deleted from social media. 12News found the original posts from what appears to be Smith's TikTok page which had several videos. Some showed Smith appear to lock people inside of a Goodwill and throw food at people at a mall.
Mesa Police said they notified the store management and said "any produce that may have been affected has been removed from all areas accessible to the public."
A Walmart spokesperson sent this statement to 12News:
"The health and safety of our customers and associates is always a top priority. We have removed all directly impacted product and have cleaned and sanitized the affected area of the store. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers as we work to resolve this issue. We will continue to work closely with law enforcement during their investigation."
Frequent shoppers at the location like Ramon Soberanes were shocked after watching the video calling the person's actions "disgusting" and "awful".
“This is where people shop for their families," Soberanes said. "It’s very possible that those bananas, a mom could have been grabbing some for her kids.”
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People have no sense of humor.
People have no sense of honor
I have no problem with “pranksters” having multiple bones broken.
For fun of course.
How much would he laugh at a 20 year sentence?
How is this not attempted murder, or at least reckless homicide?
That type of thing deserves a terrorism charge.
His punishment should be to be held down and hosed off with whatever he was spraying on the WalMart items.
Or would that be ‘cruel and unusual punishment’?
People have no sense.
Domestic Terrorist
Incarcerate at Guantanamo Bay for 20+ years
Immediately
🔝🔝🔝
Put me on the jury
His jail food should be the food he sprayed or at least insinuate that it is and see how he reacts.
It is considered a terrorist act under 18 U.S.C. § 2331(5). By taking a video of it and posting it on the internet it can be shown that he intended to cause fear and intimidation, not just a prank.
If he can make $10000/month filming his “pranks”, then the police should fine him $12000/month.
Start with their fingers so that they cannot post stuff on the internet.
I hope he is “pranked” daily in prison.
How much $$ could he have made by posting Bigfoot videos instead?
Sites like YouBoob and TikTok are in part responsible for crap like this by paying insane amounts of money to “content creators” like Mr. Smith, all paid for with advertising money.
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