Dustin Walls: Teen Ordered to Pay Walmart $1 Million; But Will Bentonville Even Notice?

• Is your name really chuck? i thought that was just an american joke haha, your parents are fucking hippies mate haha

• I'm sure the thiefs, shop lifters and arsonists have nothing to do with rising prices!

• He doesnt desreve less time, drunk drivers deserve more time!

• Walmart is evil, what they do in third world countries is awful. I am glad the kid tried to blow up one of them. Sucks he got caught

• Citing Alex Jones makes you the absolute moron I thought you were...and for the record, your wife has a better chance of kicking the shit out of me than you do. You ignorant douchebag.

• Better punishment would be to make the kid work there.

• Man this guy above is an asshole. Doesn't have the balls to say where he's from and thinks owning a car and house makes him rich. I'll bet if the fire was started in his house, he would be singing a different tune. What's really stupid, is telling someone "i'll be the one kicking you in the face" without knowing who they are. He's gotta be a wimp, as anyone that's realy been around knows, you can't say that if you don't know who your talking to.  could be some 300 pound weight lifter who teaches martial arts on the side.But then, that's real ignorance on his part, so he should be carefull about using that word.

• Really, so what country allows people to burn places down. Just want  to know, so i can avoid it.

• He's a minor. Chances are he'll be out soon. Minors usually get out as soon as they start acting remorseful. At his age, there is no way he's in jail, but in a reform school of some sort.  I do think he should be responsible for his actions, but since i don't know all the details, have really no judgement on what his punishment should be.

• Hey don't try to straighten this kid out. I know some people in prison just waiting for him. so come-on, lets not srew it up and take their fun away.

• Yeah right and I suppose the parents are in no way responsible at all.  Great, I shouldn't have spent so much time raising my kid. Didn't realize society was responsible for whatever she would do in the future.

• Great, now we can let this kid go live at your house.  great view on this. Only talking about Walmart and you say nothing about the kid burning the place. Whatever walmart deserves, I'll bet you shop there. I can tell, because with a view like that, odds are good you can't afford to shop anywhere else. I'm guessing you don't even have a job.

•  OK A_free_sun, since that's your view, tell me where yopu live so I they can go find some poor street person with no money burn stuff in your house, seeing you think it's Ok to burn places down as long as they make more money then you.

• @ Chuck : yes there needs to be some accountability & making excuses is only making it worse. What the little fucker needed was a boot broke off in his ass, but a million dollar restitution ?...really your honor ?..good luck with that. You just made another "off book4life" citizen. Its a lousey way to live, but it can be done. As to Walmart..they are evil profit mongers that we as a society created thru greed &  a compulsion for "have it now". When you see a Wall Mart coming to your town, its not long before the Payday loans" & section 8 welfare housing pop-up & that marks the end of a peaceful quiet community . Social mindset's change and with that comes the crime & drugs. I have seen it happen too many times. Times are changing. We created a monster that has no soul or conscience . Enjoy.

• The kid is not stupid, he has no excuse for what he did. Everyone over the age of 7 knows that hairspray is flammable. And if our parents tell us its flammable, then we certainly know. Wal Mart is a multi-trillion dollar organization that keeps records of every single sale and theft that takes place each second of each day. That being said, this comes down to a judicial matter. If i open a legitimate business  that sells anything from car tires to bath towels, and some person, male, female, old, young, enters my legally procured property and causes any type of damage I am entitled to the costs to repair the damage caused in said incident. Despite moral, ethical, spiritual, or social values of those involved. This is my right as a business owner under the constitution of the United States. This kid will end up paying 25$/month to his local magistrate until he is dead, or makes  a million dollars somehow. Two things can be learned from this, Don't set fire to private property on closed circuit, or any type of surveillance  camera. And the second thing is.. Wal-Mart makes a really large amount of capital.

• Then there should be tens of millions of career criminals consisting of fathers who are forced to pay child support for their children.  Today, it is easier to get away with murder and arson than it is not to pay your court-ordered child support.  You argument is as full of holes as your head probably is.

• Right.  Be stupid, lest someone intelligent discovers just how stupid people like you really are.

• But you CAN burn just about everything IN it, dumbass, including people.

• Because this fucked-up fascist country sucks so bad that they are ready to vent their anger towards anything and everything.

• Are you a fully certified idiot or just an ordinary one?

• Duh. Then I guess you ought to think about that before you do the crime.

• Too bad you wern't right with him and you are already dead.  Maybe you were, and when he came in your face, it put out enough of the flames to let you get out.

• And Georgie Bush's mommy should have told him that it's not good to blow up large buildings with thousands of people inside.

• If sheer stupidity were criminal, with your degree of it you would be joining this worthless POS in jail.  I am sure your own kids will do time as well with an idiot like yourself for a mother who can't understand that actions have consequences.

• It's amazing that you could become that stupid in just 13 years.  You really should apply to the Guiness Book of World Records for being the stupidest 13-year-old in the world.

• I wonder if you would be calling it a stupid mistake if he had set fire to YOUR house and a few family members were killed.  Oh, my poor son, he just made a little mistake and it killed two of his brothers and sisters.  Just let him come home, and I'll make him some cookies, tell him not to do it again, and everything will be fine.  Sure...

• Your coment is as insane as, and sounds like, something Charlie Manson would say.

•  And what about damage that Walmart does in US and Iraq? Will they pay it?

• A REALLY terrible punishment would be to make him work for Wal Mart for the rest of his life...

• While I agree the little puke should have to pay, he is prolly going to jail and as a felon od be surprised if he makes 1 million in his life time. I am sure Walmart carries I insurance for these debacles.

• Probably an Obama supporter who doesn't see a problem with wealth re-distribution.

• Your a fucking moron. Society made the kid, he harms society, society blames him. See how that doesn't make sense?

• Arson is arson. And this guy deserves his fines. I dont know what his intentions were, but Walmart deserves to be burned down. People say "Walmart creates so many jobs for Americans"...yeah they provide plenty of minimum wage jobs for the Americans whose businesses were closed as a direct result of the opening of the Walmart. So keep giving your money to the huge corporations while small thriving businesses are being shut down unable to compete. Isn't that the American way? Its a shame this kid got caught. Its a shame this kid got caught.

• Who cares how much Walmart makes! The issue is he did what he did...amen. Pay buddy. Would the same scenario in the last paragraph hold true with the same innuendos applied if he burned your house down? You make so much compared to him so lets not be to harsh and have him replace your scorched dwelling....the poor guy.........

• Do you have language skills and a brain to make proper English?

• - Knibb High Football Rules. - This is America. You want to go around smashing store fronts and setting cosmetics departments ablaze? Cool beans. Go riot in London, get tear gassed, then get arrested. - @@db1b64c607e03d2dd0c4f9905b74f49d:disqus "do you have any language skills and a brain to make since. who knows the reason you say these things is because you don't have a brain and you could be one of those people who a thief" - FYI, grammar is generally considered a language skill. Until you learn that, I would not recommend admonishing others MULTIPLE TIMES (haha) for having poor language skills when you yourself have mastered third grade remedial English at the most.

• I doubt you got a nice house and life if you can't even do that simple math right, haha. Here, I'll show you: 2% of 230 is 4.6. So 0.02% out of 230 is 0.046. I guess that makes about 5 cents then (I'm not from USA).

• At Chuck... I work for Wal-Mart and we have better benefits than a lot of other companies out there and I started out as a cashier and have moved up to manager. And it allows for younger people to get experience because we all know you cannot get a job without it.  SOrry I have to diagree with you on that one.

• Fact: setting fires risks the lives of people.  Especially the firefighters who respond.  Fact: This is not a 7, 10 or 12 year old.  This is a 17 year old.  "Boys" his age went to war.  I suspect there may be Mental Health issues, in which case, given the risk he represents, secure custody is the best place to start his therapy.  I have not dismissed the possibility that this may have been a gang related event.  Don't dismiss the gang initiation phenomena.  In any event, Mr. Walls has committed a very serious crime and is receiving the just consequence.  To Dustin's mom 'support and maintain contact'.  To Wood River ... support your correctional and justice system, and remain vigilant. 

• knuckle head,  The fire cause the sprinkler system to engage, and do what it was designed to do.  PUT OUT the fire.  Let's say the sprinkler system never comes on and the store is a total loss.  Now what?

• Please, do us all a favor....leave.  What would you say would be a fair and just punishment.  Should Wallmart have to pay to replace and repair products and displays that this 17 year old damaged?  If your answer is yea, the big bad wallmart has plenty of money to fix itself, you are a douche bag.  It's not about what wallmart has, it's the fact the idiot damaged Wallmart property.  There for, he needs to make it right.     I think the  mother should think about why her 17 year old son was "board and at Wallmart at 3am.  As  the father of a young son, I don't let him have that much freedom to be running around at all hours of the night.  People, you need to know what the fuck your kids are doing.  Don't just let them run amuck, and then act stupid when they fuck up.

• Your son is a douche bag.  He's not becoming a man in jail, he's becoming a someones bitch.  I hope is ass will survive the next 4 yrs.  Maybe if you raised him with respect for other peoples property, he would still be home with you.  What do you think the proper punishment should be.  Please let us all know.  He did the crime, he does the time. 

• How much did that particular walmart store earn in that time frame?

• It might just be the insurance company that is looking for restitution

• It doesn't matter how much money Wal-Mart makes, wrong is wrong. What is one of those can of hairspray fired like a projectile and killed someone? I say he got off easy.

• Kid deserved that fine, albeit impossible to pay off in his life time. All corporations are money-grubbing asses, if they cared that $1,000,000 was only '0.2%' of their profit for a quarter, they wouldn't have so harshly laid that sue on him. In short, he deserved punishment, but Wal-Mart didn't lose any sleep over this.

• Don't just make him pay the money back. Make him work in that very Wal-Mart for FREE forEVER.

• Meh, the kid will still get away with it, all he has to do is file for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.

• Let me clarify. Accident as in unintentional consequences (sprinklers going off) I really doubt that this kid intended to start a fire that would be big enough to cause the sprinklers to go off. Have you seen how high the sprinklers are at Walmart. My best guess is that he started a small fire that got out of his control or continued when he thought it was out.

• walmart has life insurance policies on the people that work for them so could probably care less about a burning cosmetic section.

• wow really! i understand what he did was very iresponsible,dangerous,and felionus behavior,however he is 17 slap him with some jail time,some probation,and lower the restitution, so that he is not discouraged in paying back this heavy debt,and goes on to commit even bigger crimes for fear that he will never be able to financially redeem himself from this debt!! really walmart has enough money!!

•  Not if your insured that's what you pay for insurance for.  Do you think you should get paid twice?? LMAO

• do you have any language skills and a brain to make since. who knows the reason you say these things is because you don't have a brain and you could be one of those people who a thief

• its amazing how some people who comment on things that have poor language skills, its amazing too and wondering how this person will pay all that back.

• and casey anthony has to pay bout that much and her shit was what 3 yrs long lol

• I don't understand the point of the article? This is ignorant at best and biased. If someone comes in your home and burns it down, you shouldn't receive restitution because you're obviously wealthy enough to have a home and therefore shouldn't receive justice? Asinine!

• LoL dumb ass punk

• $500,000 for merchandise? Are they talking retail value or wholesale. Made in china probably means $80,000 of merchandise.

• dose.is right.its the same with them royals over in england.while the meek after get by.with less

• It's nice to see at least one reasonable person here! I don't think people take into account how many kids out there do stupid stuff, just like this, every day! I just had a 19 year old friend take his life in a moment of drunken thoughtlessness! My point is, all it takes is one brief moment for life to change forever! It doesn't matter how you raise your kids; free will and the example society sets all play a part in the end result of virtually any circumstance!

• no fuck you sir fuck you in your tight little ass

• wallmart lets the poor peaple shop so go ahead an talk shit

• Knowing that the stores have insurance, I think that the amount owed is too high. While being an arsonist is horrible, I am wondering if there are other punishments that might be more valuable for this kid. Nothing was written about his mental condition, so who knows if he is slightly off or not. We don't know.  And I really REALLY dislike how everyone is so ready to hate this young man for this incident. I think what happened was crazy, and I think that what he did was nuts, but still, there might be mitigating circumstances involved. We don't know all the details about this person.

• I think the problem remains that the dollar amount of the restitution might be far out of line with the actual damages. 

• Lisa, what happened? I hope he is ok. If it is an accident, then so be it, although I still think that anyone should have the sense to NOT light stuff up in the store, particularly anywhere near anything that can burn...

• How can burning it be an accident? Its not like it lights up accidentally!

• I did dumb stuff when I was 17 but I NEVER lit anything afire, particularly when I was near flammable items in a store, where other people MIGHT be. ::/   I think that this kid does need to learn some personal responsibility, and it seems to me that there is something really wrong. Why is a 17 year old out at walmart at 3 am?  I think that due to all the women forcing themselves into the work place, this kid never learned rules and limits from his mom...(NOT blaming her, blaming society) because who knows, maybe she couldn't spend much time with him if she had to work :/  

• Liteshow, FINALLY someone with some sense. I like your idea :D

• hmm..but god judges everything, according to the bible we were made in god's image, therefore we are just like god, and thus,  yes, we can judge.  CARRY ON!

• it IS the same as 1million or more IF you make 7 bucks an hour.  I don't quite understand why everyone is so mad.  The kid did something wrong. I think a million bucks is quite a lot to be sure, but yanno......never mind.  carry on

• If one needs a job they should take it, in this economy you don't have the luxury to whine about not liking your job. 

• why the heck would anyone DO that anyway, bored or not?

• Dumb kid. He screwed up, now he'll be paying for it (literally) for the rest of his life. That's how it goes. Maybe now he'll understand the value of respecting what doesn't belong to him. There's a life lesson learned the hard way.

• You make what? Something like 69 cents an hour in prison? That's where he ought to be until the million is paid back, then he can be let out free and clear. This country cracks me up. Smoke a joint and get 10 years. Set a million dollar fire, probably nearly kill a bunch of people in the store and you get, "Bad boy, pay it back." Sheesh!

• I hope you get cancer and die, how about that? Wishing terrible things happen to people and that's what you deserve in return. Good luck with that, hope it's incurable too and very painful. Next time you wish shit on people you don't know, think twice ;)

• That is one of the most idiotic things I have seen posted. Put it in a personal perspective. You get rear ended in a car accident by a drunk driver. You are injured and have medical bills of  $50,000 and according to your logic you should pay the guy who rear ended you doing an illegal act meanwhile paying for all your medical bills out of pocket. 

•  It sounds like you are taking a socialists view to an extreme rate and absolving people from personal responsibility. By absolving personal responsibility you will create a society of anarchy. Meaning If I go steal a million dollars and it is the collective that has to pay for it. Why wouldn't I?  Passing the buck can only go so far. Lastly as far as your company reference I would point you to Enron. 5 convictions of personal wrongdoing in a corporate setting. 

• Why exactly did you not teach your child to not play with fire? Why did you not teach your child that some chemicals can burn and or explode? Why did you not teach your son lighting anything on fire in a building is wrong? AND why on earth was your child bored at Walmart at 3 am?  I think you are the one at fault here. You should be responsible for some if not all of the damages incurred.  Bottom line IMHO is that you failed as a parent by not teaching your child kindergarten stuff ( don't start a fire) If you do something wrong take responsibility, don't run away from the situation.  You are also failing by not supervising him properly. No reason on earth a 17 year old should be "bored at walmart" at almost 3 am!!  

• I hope the next time you are a victim of a crime, be it burglary, arson or a car accident you remember this and don't expect a penny because the people who victimized you make less money than you do. 

• The richer you are, the less justice you deserve, apparently.

• Coming from a mother to a mother, your child is acting out, he is not disciplined enough at home to understand right from wrong, facts he learns from his guardians. That's you. And with him being under age, I think you being his parental influence should have to help pay back. Because arson is arson. If your idiot son hadn't been playing with lighters then it wouldn't have happened.

• Bet they'll like you in prison "Boy"

• Arson is not a "mistake" it takes thought and effort, if he really is your son he has NO respect for other peoples property, this isn't the type of crime a "first timer" perpetrates, it's my guess he has a history of vandalism and misconduct, only this time he was caught!  

• And the final score Chuck 153 and Dose a dismal 13, so now who's the faggot?

• This is not about Walmart or any of the conditions of its business...... this is about arson, the destruction of property and the welfare and health of human beings, the young man was 17... he knew what he was doing!  And "MOMMY" lighting fire to property in a building that doesnt belong to you is not a "mistake"..... its a "crime"...... THE END!!!

• You sound like you may be joining the firestarter in his little nest someday boy.... your mama cant be paying to much attention to you either, cause if she heard the way you talked..... she cuff you side your head !

• Wal-Mart should have to pay him!

• I am hoping that the "Stupidity" tag was for the kids idiotic action and not the judges decision for forcing a moronic kid to pay for his actions.  Who cares how rich Walmart is, it is about the fact that some moron set fire to a store for no reason. Hope he serves jail time as well.  Fire is no joke and if my kids were in that store when he set the fire I would beat the shit out of him.

• Getting a little hot and heavy with prison sex there. You like thinking about children getting raped in jail. Yeah. I bet you do. You like rough with little boys.

• You're both idiots, learn the difference between your and you're!

• All he needed to have done is slip on the water from the sprinkler system and counter-sue for two million. Silly teenagers.

• not cool my bestfriend was just in a fire and is nearly dead

• not cool my best friend was just in a fire and is nearly dead!!!!!

• dude chill the fuck out u stupid fuck jesus u think she wants to hear that coming from a little faggot whos last name sounds like twaut so in my book thats being an asshole so go fucking crawl back to ur room thats above ur parents garage and just to let u know im only 13 just turned a couple weeks ago and yet i still better come backs then you so yes i do live in my parents house because im 13 so fuck u mr. twaut waffle!!!!!

• thats not cool dude my friend was just burn nearly to death he's only 12 maybe u should burn for 15 minutes u stupid son of a fat bitch

• SD grow up out of your liberal no one needs to take responsibility for themselves and their kids routine!  At 17 you know what is right and wrong if you choose to do dumb things as you probably did and want to defend those type actions that don't surprise the world.   Trying to charge someone for a million dollars is a little insane and ruining his life will not better society, but he needs to be held responsible for his actions in some form so he and hopefully others learn. This world keeps slipping slipping deeper into the crapper because people like you don't want people to be held responsible.........you probably will never change, but hopefully you have something happen in your life and that person that did it to you is not held responsible and then maybe you will wake up.

• Who cares how much Walmart made.  The little psycho was being an arsonist and should have to pay.  Alternately, I'm sure Walmart would settle for him being set on fire and allowed to burn for 15 minutes.

• Fk, yeah, he's a real hero, we should build him a statue, not lock him in a cell. I mean, he lit a fire in a public building filled with people and near a large amount of flammable material and he could have killed dozen people... but you and I know that they would have deserved it, you know, shopping at walmarts and everything. The world definitely needs more arsonists and white knights.

• What are you, an anarchist and arsonist? If you feel so strongly about Walmart's biz practices, you may be right. It in NO way justifies destroying property and putting people in danger.  GROW UP!!!!!!!  Who's next, Apple?  They have more cash than the Government!!!

• Hey SD, with your logic, I guess Apple Stores better be on the lookout, huh?   Their products are made in other countries with cheaper labor, and they have more cash than the U.S. Government.  Shame on them, huh? Burn baby, burn, burn 'em all down, right SD?  They can afford it.

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