Westley Strellis Walmart Rampage: Man SMASHES 29 Flat Screen TVs (VIDEO)

A Georgia man went on a rampage yesterday at a Walmart outside of Atlanta, smashing dozens of flat-screen televisions with a baseball bat he found in the store.

The man, 23-year-old Westley Strellis, bashed in 29 flat-screen televisions worth $22,000, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He was charged with a whopping 29 counts of criminal damage to property.

WATCH video from the store surveillance cameras:

Strellis invoked his Fifth Amendment right to stay mum, so his motive remains a mystery. According to the police report, when officers arrived on the scene, Strellis was sitting in an aisle in the store's electronics department. When approached, he held out his wrists, signaling for the officer to handcuff him. Police found a bottle of Effexor XR, an anti-depressant, in Strellis's possession.

Comments

[Sunny Chapman]

04:49 PM on 03/31/2010

He was auditioning for a Pippolotti Rist video.

[Balloon-Boy]

12:10 AM on 02/15/2010

A mad republican. Now that he is possibly looking at a Felony charge, there will be one less vote in Nov 2010.

[LberalSpace]

09:18 PM on 02/14/2010

Good reading: http://bertreport.blogspot.com

[castlerider]

04:07 PM on 02/14/2010

Someone dared him and said they'd give 'im 100 dolars if he could get on You tube.... Not too bright, but he did it.

[LCDTV]

01:17 PM on 02/14/2010

Fight the power! Read a book!

[JBS]

02:01 PM on 02/14/2010

Yeah, right.

All the tax cuts for the rich left the county with a budget deficit. They had to make up the shortfall somewhere, so they closed the library.

[holyghostie]

09:59 AM on 02/14/2010

The Walmart tv's were going to break eventually, this guy just speeded up the process.

[EvilCartman]

04:21 AM on 02/14/2010

Walmart has billions, i'm sure they can cover the TVs and order more from the Chinese sweatshop that made them

[Miketou]

01:38 PM on 02/13/2010

They should have hit him with the bat.

[georgety]

11:32 AM on 02/13/2010

The Fed organized and run by powers unanswerable to Washington are now exerting their powers to takeover all of the levers of control in the United States of America, right down to the very pennies in your pocket. This is hidden to you by it's timing and its association with an economic crisis that was created and masterminded by its own greedy controllers.

hat tip to: http://stock_market.000a.biz

[AlienC]

05:13 AM on 02/13/2010

Not that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one or that one.They are all crap.

[PitBullWoman]

04:56 AM on 02/13/2010

Apologies for the horrible type-0s in my following comment. Too tired.

[PitBullWoman]

04:54 AM on 02/13/2010

How come when every an individual lashes out against our insane, destructive system, the media has to try to make them the crazy one. Why the last sentence?1! Big Brother.

[JBS]

02:28 PM on 02/14/2010

Looking at the vid, the guy appears to be moving very mechanically, almost like a robot. It might be germane to a diminished capacity defense.

Effexor XR is Wyeth Pharmaceuticals brand name for Venlafaxine Hydrochloride - used to treat depression.

Venlafaxine and other anti-depressants have a reputation for increasing suicidal thoughts, attempts and events of self-harm in children and young people. Probability of side effects can be dose dependent - the higher the dose, the greater likelihood of adverse side effects.

It's one of those drugs where if one works a little, two won't necessarily work better - may in fact be worse - but patients don't always understand that.

Side effects include:
Impulsive Actions,
Nervousness, agitation or increased anxiety,
Panic Attacks,
Confusion,
Psychosis,
Homicidal thoughts,
Aggression,
Depersonalization

And it should NOT be used to treat the depressive phase of bipolar disorder because it increases the probability of side effects - mania & psychosis.

[PitBullWoman]

04:46 AM on 02/13/2010

In case anyone doesn't know, Walmart electronics, even brand name, are C R A P. Horrible company - junk for sale.

[PitBullWoman]

04:44 AM on 02/13/2010

Why didn't he try to run away and live to smash another day? What a waste.

[blueskybigstar]

04:12 AM on 02/13/2010

You would think that he would be more exciting to watch.