Your american ways are strange to us Canadians...

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JANUARY 18--A Florida man faces upwards of 10 years in federal prison
after pleading guilty this week to a revolting product tampering scheme
in which he returned used enemas to the CVS pharmacy where he purchased
the items.

Ronald Robinson, 35, entered his guilty plea to a single felony
tampering charge during an appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court
in Jacksonville. A sentencing date has not been set for Robinson, who
has been jailed since last year.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/r...robinsonjv.jpg
(photograph of typical enema-tampering american man Ron Robinson)

As detailed by prosecutors in a January 16 court filing, Robinson’s
tampering occurred between April and June 2012 and involved his repeated
purchase of enemas (six to a box) from a CVS in Jacksonville.

After using the enemas, Robinson (seen in the above mug shot) placed
them back into their boxes, resealed the containers, and returned the
products for refunds. The used enemas were then reshelved by CVS workers
and later sold to other customers.

Robinson was collared after a CVS employee became suspicious about the
frequency with which he was returning enema packages. On one occasion,
Robinson told the worker that he had purchased the enemas for his
mother, but “she no longer needed them,” according to a Jacksonville
Sheriff’s Office report. When the worker examined the returned box, he
“observed that all the enemas were used” and that the bottom of the
package had been “re-glued…so that it appeared that it had not been
opened.”

After learning of the tampering, federal agents identified “several
purchasers of the used enemas.” Investigators subsequently identified
“several more purchasers” of the tampered enema boxes. Court filings do
not reveal how many of the CVS customers used the tainted enemas (some
of which were found to contain fecal matter).

A Food and Drug Administration doctor advised federal investigators that
infections and communicable diseases--like HIV, salmonella, and the
hepatitis B and C viruses--could be transmitted via used enemas.
Robinson’s guilty plea includes the acknowledgement that the tampering
was done with “reckless disregard that another person would be placed in
danger of death or bodily injury.”

In addition to a maximum prison term of 10 years, Robinson could face a
$250,000 fine and a probation term of up to three years. A judge could
also order Robinson, who has a lengthy rap sheet, to pay restitution to
his victims.