Walmart Shopper Smashes 29 TVs With a Bat
A Georgia man has been charged with 29 counts of criminal damage to property after he went on a TV-smashing rampage in his local Walmart.
The Huffington Post reports that 23-year-old Westley Strellis entered Walmart, picked up an aluminum baseball bat from the sporting goods section and proceeded to the TV aisle where he systematically and ceremoniously smashed nearly 30 televisions while other shoppers crowded around and stared in shock.
In total, Strellis did over $22,000 worth of damage. When approached by police, Mr. Strellis offered his wrists, motioning for them to handcuff him. Bizarrely, Strellis is pleading the fifth, so nobody knows why he did it. HuffPo reports that the police found a bottle of anti-depressents on Strellis' person.
Check out the security camera footage below (via the AP).
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maybe the tv's were showing ipad commercials
maybe the tv's were showing ipad commercials
LOL +1!
"WHERE. IS. MY. SPONGEBOB??!!"
I wonder what was going through those customer's heads. "Should we do something?" I wonder if I saw this going down if I would step in to stop the guy. Not my T.V.'s, Wal-Mart is insured, and I don't fancy a bat to the head for any reason. I suppose as long as the guy didn't start chasing anyone around with it I would just watch the show until the police arrived.
One man fighting back against the evil empire! Job well done sir!
Only in Wal-Mart.
"found a bottle of anti-depressents on Strellis' person."
What? pocket?
"found a bottle of anti-depressents on Strellis' person."What? pocket?
You the f'n grammar police?...use common sense
Im shocked. No security whatsoever.
Im shocked. No security whatsoever.
Wal-mart knows that securing the premises is too expensive to be worth the losses they incur during events like these. They admittedly won't bother with theft unless the value is over $25, and even then all they will do is collect evidence until the police arrive. It's just not worth having a team of bruisers at each entrance of each store to try to stop stupid stuff like this.
If you think about it, smashing the TVs is one of the most "financially" destructive acts you can do in a Wal-Mart in a relatively short amount of time. Sure their insurance more than covers it, but of all their products this is was the quickest way to rack up $20k+ in damage. If he had jumped over to the laptop section he could have topped $25k.
I like how he did the job with a Walmart bat instead of bringing his own.
He was freaking out over the low prices.
What does "pleading the fifth" mean? I really don't know. As for the story itself, it's well written. Feel bad for the dude. Walmart smashes 3rd world countries in the face every single day by using their slave labour and over-saturating out market here with products which we can't afford because we lost our jobs due to Walmartinsm.
wait walmart has bouncers there just retired bouncers greeting people
The people from Target sent him over there.
Maybe they were all 720p.
Every day low prices.
It is fitting that a few weeks ago some one went to the meat section and urinated on $220 worth of steaks at another WalMart.
I personally hate Walmart and would love to see them get looted again like what happened in Katrina. Best Buy your next.
Pure win. I'm glad someone in the world has some balls.
lol thats when the customers proceed to the sporting goods section grab a rifle aim shoot
I'd like to pat this gentleman on the back.
Got rage?
What does "pleading the fifth" mean? I really don't know.
"The fifth amendment protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves. To "plead the Fifth" is to refuse to answer a question because the response could provide self-incriminating evidence of an illegal conduct punished by fines, penalties or forfeiture." (from Wikipedia, your trusted source of quality information)
maybe the tv's were showing ipad commercials
Someone needs to add a cartoon bubble over this guys head as he swings the bat on the video.
"F-in ipad" " what were they thinking" "should rename it ibat i say"
i know what happen:
This guy bought electronics at Wallshat and it broke: he find out that Wallshat didn't respect the warranty(yeah electronics at wallsuck sucks) and spend hundred of dollars on crap:
That's rampage time for me too... except i don't buy anything there!!
One man fighting back against the evil empire! Job well done sir!
Definitely agree my wife and I both worked for wal-mart for years it's a terrible company and they treat their employees like dirt that they can screw of the first chance they get, and their customers like cows that need to be corralled into feeding them more money they don't deserve
$800, $1600, $2400, $3200, $4000, $4800.........
Record doesn't count... He used an aluminum bat.
wal-mat really has everything you need to create mayhem
Definitely agree my wife and I both worked for wal-mart for years it's a terrible company and they treat their employees like dirt that they can screw of the first chance they get, and their customers like cows that need to be corralled into feeding them more money they don't deserve
I too agree with this. I worked for the Evil Empire for way too many years. They "officially" fired me a couple years ago for, "Lack of Productivity" despite the fact that I was regularly helping customers in 5+ departments (sometimes at the same time) because they were continuously understaffed. Their real reasons, I suspect were far less honest.
Wow! Walmart really does have everything!