Shoplifting suspects create explosion at Wal-Mart as diversion

[TheFederalistWeasel]

Shoplifting suspects create explosion at Wal-Mart as diversion

STOCKBRIDGE - Four men evading arrest for shoplifting at a neighborhood Wal-Mart triggered a small blast in the store using swimming pool chemicals in an incident that left four others hospitalized, authorities said.

Authorities said one of the men was seen by a store employee placing a toy inside his pants. As the employee went for help, the men headed to the section where the pool chemicals were stocked and mixed a chlorine-based chemical with another item, said Lt. Jason Bolton of the Henry County Police. The chemical reaction created a small explosion and filled the store with white smoke.

"They made their escape in the chaos that ensued," Bolton told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a Monday story. "It's just hard to believe they did something like this to shoplift something as insignificant as a toy."

Four people, including an employee, hospitalized for respiratory problems following the incident Sunday night. Three others were treated by emergency workers outside the store.

Bolton said the men turned a shoplifting misdemeanor into more serious charges, including "one of terroristic acts."

 

[Zero_DgZ]

So let me get this straight.

These guys are stealing stuff in Wal Mart, get chased by store LP, run to the pool supply section, and create a McGyver-esque chlorine based pressure explosive out of stuff they found in the store, right there on the spot, gas out the store and vanish?

Clearly we are not dealing with shoplifters, here. We are dealing with ninjas.

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

if and when they get caught

that terroristic acts/threats charge stings

 

[.41Dave]

Clearly we are not dealing with shoplifters, here. We are dealing with ninjas.

When Mall Ninjas go Bad... Details at 11!

 

[gyp_c2]

hmmm...

...your chlorine belong to us?

 

[hksw]

Clearly we are not dealing with shoplifters, here. We are dealing with ninjas.

There's only one way to deal with ninjas. Get your own ninjas, i.e., counter-ninjas.

 

[Hoppy590]

omg. only one man could have pulled this off... RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON is on the loose! LOOK OUT, no one is safe from MacGyver!

 

[Mac Attack]

Damn I live in Stockbridge and was just at that Walmart this morning! I wasn't even aware of it.

 

[MikePGS]

omg. only one man could have pulled this off... RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON is on the loose! LOOK OUT, no one is safe from MacGyver!

ROTFL

 

[hexidismal]

omg. only one man could have pulled this off... RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON is on the loose! LOOK OUT, no one is safe from MacGyver!

I think you must be mistaken Hoppy.. the article says it was 4 men. And theres only One group of 4 men that could manage this. Clearly this was the A-Team. They must have had a good reason too. They must have needed that toy as a component to build a tank that fires cabbages or something.

 

[Green Lantern]

Guys that set off an explosion to cover theivery at an art museum = world-class theives.

Guys that set off an explosion to cover shoplifiting a toy at the Wal-Mart = REDNECKS!

 

[Old Fuff]

TheFederalistWeasel:

So can we expect your transfer to the Pool Chemical Department?

Obviously a greater enforcement effort is need here. I can see you as Agent in Charge...

 

[thexrayboy]

It was just a diversionary tactic so that an as yet unknown accomplice could successfully penetrate the twinkie aisle and make off with the ding dongs.

Or it could have been an actual test by real life bad guys. Maybe they wanted to see how big the effect would be to determine if they could use it in the future during a real job.

 

[Derby FALs]

One more letter closer to BATFECES

 

[imprezagm4]

I guess the real question is, what kind of toy are we talking about here and when did it become so valuable.

 

[gyp_c2]

Ladies and Gentlemen...

...the Singer 1911 airsoft...

...damn, I bet they stole it for bubbarizizing purposes!

...fiends...

...where's 'Tuttle when you need him?

 

[kd7nqb]

This is a dangerous topic, I am sure somewhere in his bunker Geko.45 (original mall ninja) is Laughing saying I told you so. Thats a dangerous yet hillarious precident to set.

 

[thexrayboy]

I vote we create a new government agency to deal with the threat. Call it the bureau of Beer, Cigars and Pool Chemicals.

 

[Spreadfire Arms]

of all the things they could have stolen from WalMart they took a kid's toy?

 

[MacPelto]

I think you must be mistaken Hoppy.. the article says it was 4 men. And theres only One group of 4 men that could manage this. Clearly this was the A-Team. They must have had a good reason too. They must have needed that toy as a component to build a tank that fires cabbages or something.

Couldn't have been the A-Team, 4 people went to the hospital. If it was the A-Team there would have been a million pieces of brass left at the scene, and nobody injured.

Mac

 

[Shipwreck]

I vote we create a new government agency to deal with the threat. Call it the bureau of Beer, Cigars and Pool Chemicals.

Yes! We must ban pool chemicals. They are too dangerous!

 

[MikePGS]

haha thats the best part. They stole a toy. Actually if it was the A-Team, not only would there be thousands of shells, but there would be at least one overturned car that everyone crawled out of without injury, just in time to shake their fists at the escapees. Also, they would've been temporarily detained in a toolshed somewhere. I wonder if the A-team helps or hinders the reputations of Mini-14's and Browning Hi-Powers, since they're ex-Special Forces soldiers, who can't seem to hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[cbsbyte]

So the question now is, will these four men be considered terrorist for commiting an act of terrorism and be sent to Gitmo?

 

[benEzra]

hmmm......your chlorine belong to us?

"Somebody set up us the bomb."

 

[Solo]

Couldn't have been the A-Team, 4 people went to the hospital. If it was the A-Team there would have been a million pieces of brass left at the scene, and nobody injured.

In addition, the A-Team are good guys who would never steal unless ordered to by a superior officer who would later be murdered!
I submit, therefore, that it was the work of the Bizzaro A-Team, men who did not fight in the Viet Nam War, and who were not arrested for the crime that they did commit!