A male prankster has been arrested in connection with a social media post involving the spraying of pesticides on produce and other foods at a Mesa Walmart store.

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.

    • theUwUhugger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      6 hours ago

      What was the political motive between Luigi YAHOOO-ing the ceo?

      I would recommend you reading his manifesto as long as you can, its not long but its being taken down from pretty much everwhere

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        It’s been publicallly stated neither him nor his parents were customers of that specific insurance company, so the manifesto is likely fake.

          • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            2 hours ago

            So… do you think he was a customer, and they just haven’t found out yet?

            Like you said, it shouldn’t be hard to find out. Therefore, he almost certainly wasn’t a customer. They’d know.

              • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                1 hour ago

                That’s just how cops talk. Police are trained to speak as vaguely as possible in order to not give the defense any ammunition. If they say “he was not a customer” then the defense can use that in the trial, and why would they want to help the defense?

                Now answer my question. Do you think he was a customer, and they just haven’t found out yet?

                • theUwUhugger@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  39 minutes ago

                  How on the bloody earth would assassinating his character help his defense? Maybe if they were lying, that could help I guess?

                  He is either ought to be, or he is a set up! It is very suspicious that after a week of headless panicking they found the suspect with the murder weapon and an apparently false paper explaining that he did it

            • Hello Hotel@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 hour ago

              They are not giving a definitive answer and merly giving their (less legally binding) professional opinion. Its like they dont want to know or publish an absolute.