As reported by AMI in early December, a 17-year-old from O'Fallon, Mo., confessed to
participating in a prank that left a pregnant woman shopping at a
drug store splattered with bag of poop.
Now, two 17-year-olds from the St. Louis suburb have been
charged with misdemeanors for their role in lobbing the poop into a
Walgreens store, splattering a pregnant woman, as well as store merchandise, which immediately increased the value of those Walgreen's products like the discounted Christmas sweaters and the Chia-Armpit from the makers of Chia-Pet.
Justin T. Keiser, of the first block of Brookside Court, and Kyle G. Medley, of the
100 block of Stage Coach Landing, have been charged with third-degree assault
and property damage.
Police said they were among a group of six teens who concocted the stunt Dec. 7
at a Walgreens at 920 North Main
Street in O'Fallon. Police said Keiser drove the
minivan and decided that they would throw a bag of poop into the store. Medley
provided the poop, they said.
The bag's contents struck a 37-year-old pregnant woman. Some of it got into her
mouth. The woman, Ivette Geusz, a schoolteacher, said she must continue to
undergo tests for six months to make sure she and her baby did not catch any
disease.
"I'm glad they charged them," Geusz said. "I wish they could
find more charges."
The boys and their families could not be reached Tuesday evening.
Police said the boys were driving around with some younger teens and decided to
throw the bag into Walgreens, not targeting anyone. The bag hit a security
scanner inside the entrance of the store and the contents hit Geusz, some
carpet and store merchandise.
Geusz said the two oldest boys later came to her classroom at Fort Zumwalt
North High
School to apologize. She said she asked them to
leave because she did not believe what the boys were telling her.
Some of Geusz's students banded together to buy her a new coat after the
incident.
Now, Geusz said, she hopes the courts will impose a punishment that sends a
message, perhaps requiring the boys to pay for her clothes and do community
service. "I'd love to see them in jail," she said. "I'd love to
see that because what they did is just horrendous."
The maximum penalty for the assault charges is one year in jail and a $1,000
fine. The maximum for property damage is six months in jail and a $500 fine.
The other teens could face juvenile charges.