However, two 18-year-olds, namely Luke Charske and Janek Szkaradek, made a shopping trip at the Target store in Ocala, Florida, become a complete mess. The two people used a riding lawnmower to enter the store from its entrance door while someone else recorded the act. The two have been charged for the crime, and the police ensured that they knew that it was a grave matter.
The crime took place the other night, which was Friday, April 24, 2026, at the Culver’s restaurant in SW College Road. On this day, a man named Janek Szkaradek went into the dining area and started using the leaf blower to make loud noises and cause chaos in the establishment.
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, Szkaradek used a trailer to unload a riding lawnmower that he had placed before the Target store in the same street. He used the riding lawnmower to drive into the entrance doors of the building.
A tweet from X.
Witness Vanessa Scarlett, who was shopping inside, captured part of it on her phone.
“He actually drove straight into the door first and shattered it. It was quite interesting,”
She said.
“The last thing you expect to see inside a Target is a lawn mower coming through the door.”
A few people felt rattled, though nobody got badly injured when the storefront cracked apart under pressure from outside forces. Boards went up fast across the split doorway while shards scattered near checkout lanes.
A short video, about thirty seven seconds long, captures a lawnmower crashing into a door, then moving indoors. After that moment, the person riding it steps off, walks away camera still recording. Different kinds of footage were used: police cameras, security tapes, even bystander clips. Online, the scene moved fast through social platforms. Views piled up, especially on X, as viewers shared reactions to something so odd.
That Saturday, Ocala Police Department officers moved quickly. The two teens got taken into custody shortly after. Booking happened at Marion County Jail without delay. By Sunday, April 26, they walked out on bond.
Police made their position crystal clear in a public statement:
“These actions endangered people and caused property damage. They are crimes, not harmless videos. Think before you record it’s not worth an arrest and a criminal charge.”
Janek Szkaradek faces disorderly conduct for the Target incident, plus criminal mischief and disorderly conduct tied to the Culver’s leaf blower stunt.
Luke Charske was charged with disorderly conduct as a principal for recording and helping carry out the Target stunt.
Online comments have been mostly frustrated, with many calling out the recklessness of chasing clout at the expense of public safety and someone else’s property. Scarlett herself offered a bit of nuance:
“I think they are teenagers that definitely got the consequence that a lot of people think they deserved. But I also think to give them some grace, because they are teenage boys.”
Still, most reactions stress that at 18, they’re legal adults who should know better.
Out here, moments like these shine a light on how stunt videos are spreading fast across America. Driven by dreams of going viral overnight, teens test limits in parks, stores, schools. A clip meant to make folks laugh might spiral sudden risk, broken glass, police shows up. That post fades, but court records? They stick around way longer.
Police across the country are sending the same message: filming it doesn’t make it harmless. In Ocala, authorities used this case to warn others directly. The two 18-year-olds now have arrests on their records, and the businesses are left dealing with repairs and disrupted customers.
Chasing virality has real consequences and in this case, they came in the form of shattered glass and handcuffs.
