BOSSIP has learned that unfortunate incident at WalMart earlier this week was actually caused by an ignorant little dumba*s 16-year-old playing games. But it looks like the game was a loss for him since he was arrested over the prank. Pop the hood for details.
The authorities in southern New Jersey said Saturday that they had arrested a 16-year-old boy for activating a public-address system at a Wal-Mart store earlier in the week and ordering “all black people” to leave.
The boy, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was charged with bias and intimidation and harassment in connection with the episode last Sunday. If convicted, he could face up to a year in a juvenile detention center, officials said.
According to the police, the boy picked up a public-address telephone in the Wal-Mart in Washington Township, one of two dozen accessible to the store’s customers, and said, “All black people, leave the store now.”
A store manager quickly apologized over the public-address system, witnesses said, and the police and the store opened separate investigations that included a review of images captured by the store’s security cameras.
Rafael Muñiz, the Washington Township police chief, said that while the cameras did not record anyone speaking on the public-address system, images did show three people — the suspect, a young man and a woman — standing near the phone just before the announcement and rushing from the store just after it.
Investigators also scoured Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, and found postings, including some that the police chief said involved “kids bragging” about what happened. With the help of anonymous tipsters, he added, investigators were led to the suspect, who was arrested Friday.
“We got lucky,” Chief Muñiz said Saturday at a news conference.
The suspect had been accompanied to the store by a friend and the friend’s mother, the authorities said. Neither the friend nor his mother had been charged, though Chief Muñiz left open the possibility that they could face prosecution for failing to report a crime. The police would disclose any details about the suspect, including his race.
In the course of their inquiry, officials said, investigators discovered at least two similar occurrences at the store in recent months.
The store’s parent company, Wal-Mart Stores, issued a statement on Saturday saying that it had modified its intercom system at the store to prevent such breaches.
“We’re pleased this matter is resolved,” the statement said. “We again apologize to all of our customers and associates who had to listen to something so offensive.”
In a statement on Friday, the company said: “We’re appalled by this incident and are amazed that anyone could be so backward and mean-spirited in this day and age.”
SMH… This is why kids need to be whooped! Not to mention this kid was a DUMMY with a capital D — playing games on an intercom and then bragging about it online??? Must not be an honor student actin’ like that.
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