Bank robber outs self on Facebook

[yisman]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7532468.html

Two days before a west Houston bank heist, a 19-year-old bank teller named Estefany Martinez posted a cryptic status update on her Facebook page: "Get $$$."
It would take a little over a week and a Crime Stoppers tip before investigators unraveled the plot twist behind the March 23 robbery of the International Bank of Commerce on Eldridge Parkway.
What looked on surveillance video to be a classic bank robbery — with armed, masked suspects and terrorized bank tellers — turned out to be an amateurish inside job, allegedly orchestrated by two 19-year-old tellers with the help of a boyfriend and an older brother.
Using an incriminating trail of Facebook posts left by Martinez and her 18-year-old boyfriend, Ricky "Ricko Gee" Gonzalez, detectives arrested four suspects this week on bank theft charges, alleging they made off with $62,000.
Their Facebook pages held not-so-subtle clues: Two days after the robbery, Martinez posted: "IM RICH …" followed by a rhyming expletive.
"WIPE MY TEETH WITH HUNDEREDS …" her boyfriend allegedly posted the day after the heist. He also boasted of wiping another part of his anatomy with $50 bills.

[dabomguy11]

That is so stupid. You'd think that if they were smart enough to pull it off, they'd be smart enough not to brag to the public about it.

[Cuse0323]

Morons, always the downfall of idiot criminals who actually pull it off. They can't keep it to themselves.

[juuso]

What an idiot. Most criminals are not very smart.

[charlesbroccoli]

wow...i guess they thought the facebook was a private page...

[chemicalbrother]

people are so dumb.

that money's gotta get buried in the backyard for a long while. only took these fools 2 damn days to start bragging..

[LLXC]

Wow what idiots...

[Slim]

Bragging is what get's you caught most of the time.

[mikejamm]

62K is wipe your ass rich? Future fuk'in idiots of America!They had jobs at the bank, but decide to rob the bank instead.

[Doc JS]

I used to jail doc at the local county lockup. Had a Sgt. there when asked about the so-called "smart" criminal...

"If they were real smart, they wouldn't be criminals"...

Doc

[DDalton21]

Wow. How stupid can people be

[tatommack]

haha gota love morons

[4uk4life]

And on facebook of all places lol.

[Jrod124]

Funny stuff only in the USA

[wiseguy14]

I cant believe the intelligence level of people.

[azn624]

If you somehow robbed a bank the dumbest thing to do is brag about it

[Junkyard Dog]

hahaha i love hearing stories of dumb criminals

[dabomguy11]

It's kinda like the criminals who tell the tied up hero there plan before they kill them, but than the hero breaks out, escapes and saves the day.

[excel]

This should make a good movie.

[JMobile]

The best criminals never say shit, but stay at home and laugh at the news.

[LarrysKid]

62000 is not wipe your a$$ rich. It's a good take, but it's no Oceans 11.

[TR88]

unreal,money can't buy class...fkn idiots, telling people on facebook that they are wiping their asses with $100.......now back to reality go shine my shoes

[dxunchuk]

very stupid , fcking facebook

[Phats1313]

I read this on CNN, bunch of idiots, that's why if you ever plan a job like a bank heist, work with professionals or do something you can do by yourself.

[stikymess]

Smart cookies hopefully they get some time away to think about it.

[Marigold HD]

I like this story. Thanks for it.

[paintball1084]

rich on 62K........ good luck with that

[HeeeHAWWWW]

Wowee - that really takes the biscuit.

I guess police must be checking out facebook pages of employees almost by default now.

[tripleblack1705]

Wow, there are some retarded people in America.

[COYLO]

there's one born every minute lol.

[ElLoco23]

Bif brother is always watching, no reason to make it easier for them.

[sonyman]

-----------------That is so stupid. You'd think that if they were smart enough to pull it off, they'd be smart enough not to brag to the public about it.

you got that right---people always got the brag

[Hazious]

The best criminals never say shit, but stay at home and laugh at the news.

amen Jmob.

[JOHON8]

The best criminals never say shit, but stay at home and laugh at the news.

Exactly. The best actually like to keep it a secret.

[cloudagh]

I am afraid the best criminals now only exist in the movies.