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Speedo-wearing teen chronicled Walmart adventure on social media (SC)
The State ^ | June 24, 2014 | Rachel Southmayd

Posted on 06/24/2014 5:26:13 PM PDT by Gamecock

A lost bet sent two teens wearing only the stars and stripes into four Tega Cay area businesses Monday night before police halted the patriotic display.

The teens’ visits to a QuikTrip, Hardee’s, Pelicans SnoBalls and Walmart drew attention not because of the apparel’s theme. Rather, the teens’ skimpy outfits caught the eyes of customers, employees and, eventually, the police.

The pair were only wearing Speedos and sunglasses.

Fort Mill teens Houston Vandiver and Michael Pearson chronicled the night on various social media accounts. Vandiver was on the graduation list for Nation Ford High School in May and Pearson was on the list for Fort Mill High School.

Neither could be reached for comment.

Early in the night, Vandiver posted on his Twitter account, “Anybody wanna chill with me and mike (sic)?” Shortly after, short video clips created on the Vine app show Vandiver and Pearson in Speedos, first at a QuikTrip convenience store to get a drink.

“I’m feeling patriotic today,” Pearson says in the video.

In the next video, the pair are at Hardee’s.

“What’s that smell,” Vandiver asks, fully clothed, before the shot cuts away. In the next shot, he’s just in the Speedo.

“Freedom,” he says, and Hardee’s employees appear to laugh behind the counter.

Then, they move on to Pelican’s SnoBalls. Another Twitter user, who saw the pair at Pelican’s, calls Pearson’s Speedo “infamous.”

The duo appears to move on to Walmart, where an employee called police to report “male suspects running around in only underwear.” The employee said Vandiver was being “loud, boisterous and offensive,” according to a police report. Several customers were offended “by what they witnessed.”

A Vine video shows Pearson and Vandiver walking through the store. It then shows Pearson saying, “Houston just got caught.”

A series of Instagram photos and tweets from Pearson show him hiding from police officers, behind a dumpster and next to a car before making it home safely.

“Made it home safe followers. Tune in next time for the adventures of (Pearson),” he tweeted, following with “#RIPHouston.”

Vandiver didn’t make it home on Monday night. He was charged with disorderly conduct and released Tuesday morning on a personal recognizance bond, which means he promises to appear at a scheduled court date. He told officers he had lost a bet, and he and another teen had to run through the Walmart in Speedos, the report stated.

After he was released, Vandiver tweeted a picture of himself, tongue out, court papers in hand.

“WHATS (sic) THAT SMELL?! #FREEDOM,” he tweeted. A few minutes later, he posted this, “I'm not in any trouble guys. No worries.”


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: teens; walmart
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To: upchuck

Thanks for the ping


21 posted on 06/24/2014 6:22:28 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (Howard Phillips Conservative)
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To: cripplecreek

“Said he woke up nekkid and wanted to buy some clothes.”

I’ve had dreams like that.


22 posted on 06/24/2014 6:31:45 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Gamecock

exactly what law/ordinance did they violate???


23 posted on 06/24/2014 6:36:03 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: Gamecock
Today at the grocery store I saw a young lady wearing "booty shorts." ie, her shorts were cutoff to leave the bottom 1/4 or 1/5 of her rump bare.

I was quite offended. Too bad I hadn't read about this earlier, then I would have known that being offended like this was grounds for calling the fuzz to take the nasty bum away.

24 posted on 06/24/2014 6:36:14 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Pope Calvin the 1st, defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Too bad I hadn't read about this earlier, then I would have known that being offended like this was grounds for calling the fuzz to take the nasty bum away.

Ha. Good bum pun.

25 posted on 06/24/2014 6:52:41 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: cripplecreek

Now that is funny!!


26 posted on 06/24/2014 7:02:01 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: PistolPaknMama

Yup


27 posted on 06/24/2014 7:26:05 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (Howard Phillips Conservative)
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To: Gamecock

I did this myself 32 years ago only I was also wearing a cape. Won $5.00 bet

Also wore a gorilla costume in the mall for 45 minutes and won $5.00

Crashed the homecoming halftime show and danced with the cheerleaders in a chicken costume before being kicked out by security at University of Southern MS also for $5.00

It beat selling blood plasma to eat.


28 posted on 06/24/2014 10:36:16 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: packrat35

Your prices are reasonable. What do you now for $5?


29 posted on 06/25/2014 6:08:31 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: PistolPaknMama

I’m not 20 years old anymore and my rates would be higher.


30 posted on 06/25/2014 9:13:36 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
We still have stores with the “NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO SERVICE” signs here.

On our recent visit to the British Virgin Islands a classy restaurant overlooking a spectacular little bay had the sign- No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem!

31 posted on 06/25/2014 11:53:59 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Gamecock

Paging Jessica Frech


32 posted on 06/25/2014 12:25:04 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: cripplecreek

The next story on the page is about a nekkid man being arrested in Walmart.
Said he woke up nekkid and wanted to buy some clothes
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Probably don’t even want to know where he was keeping his money.


33 posted on 06/25/2014 12:32:52 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Better to keep your enemies inside peeing out, rather than keep them outside, peeing in.".)
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To: BeadCounter
Back when I was a kid, businesses had signs on doors that said “No shirts, No shoes, No Service”.

My personal favorite. There's a gas station in Vegas with a sign on their door that reads, "No shirts, No Shoes, No Pets, No Service."

34 posted on 06/25/2014 1:03:09 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: packrat35

LOL!


35 posted on 06/25/2014 4:57:31 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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