As many as 12 used enema kits have been sold to unsuspecting customers at a CVS drug store in Florida after a man allegedly bought, used and returned them over a three month period.
On Thursday 34-year-old Ronald Eugene Robinson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Jacksonville for tampering with consumer products.
Police in Jacksonville said a CVS employee grew suspicious of Robinson in June after he was seen continually purchasing and returning the saline laxatives to the store.
After first seen purchasing the enemas in March and returning them in April it wasn't until June 5 that an employee closely examined one of Robinson’s returned boxes and found the products soiled inside.
Employees immediately checked additional boxes on the store shelf and found three more in the same condition.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed the bottles testing positive for faecal matter.
CVS says 21 customers have since been contacted after suspected of purchasing the products believed to have been resealed at the packages’ bottom with glue.
Robinson was arrested on June 15, three days after attempting to return another box of enemas purchased a day before on June 11.
Used: A suspicious employee examined one of the saline laxative boxes returned by Robinson and after finding it used, found three more boxes in the same condition (some of the unused products pictured)
The return was denied by the store's manager who shared a warning with all other CVS stores in the area about their returns.
He was later identified and caught through the use of his credit card as well as an employee marking his vehicle's tag number.
'The health and safety of our customers is our top priority ... If a product appears to have been used or noticeably damaged we do not allow it back on the shelf,' CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis told First Coast News.
Today the drug store is further warning customers who may have purchased the enemas with a note in place of the shelf’s products, advising them to call a consumer hotline.
If convicted Robinson faces up to 10 years in a federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to Robinson's Facebook profile, he's a mechanic and single father whose favourite movies include Ace Ventura and Step Brothers. His interests also include 'potty training.'
That's absolutely disgusting. Surely the ppl who bought them could see they had been used tho?
I would hope so
But you wouldn't think to inspect the tip of the enema when you're about to use it, because you'd automatically assume that it hasn't been tampered with
