Advancing into 2011′s Top Ten of Stupid Criminal Tricks: a quartet of enterprising young thieves in Pittsburgh. After they rob a store of cigarettes, candy, checks and $8,000 in cash, the young Einsteins head home and take some pics to…wait for it – post on Facebook. Apparently, the young thinkers weren’t aware that if you post pictures on Facebook, all your friends, and their friends, and the friends of their friends (depending on how you have your privacy settings configured) will see them. And, as you may have guessed by now, it didn’t take very long for someone to see them.
From CBS Pittsburgh:
Police say they stole thousands of dollars in cash and goods, and then posed with their loot and posted the photos to a popular social media site.
Police say the three suspects, along with another teen, posted the photos on Facebook about an hour after they burglarized Elliott’s Town Market on Chartiers Avenue in the West End.
“We received information the day after the burglary that these pictures were posted on Facebook, and if you look at the pictures, you can see that the individuals are holding a large amount of cash,” Sgt. Kevin Gasiorowski, of the Pittsburgh Police, said.
Yep, geniuses these guys are.
