Ricko Gee
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 $$$…”
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 Estefany 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…
“I’ve always heard that you shouldn’t post pictures of yourself on Facebook smoking pot or drinking because employers are now looking at Facebook pages,” Martinez’ attorney said. “But I never knew there should be a warning not to post about a bank robbery that’s been committed…”
RTFA for the silly details.
Like Jay Leno, I just love stories about dumb criminals!
This guy is an idiot but I like his sister 😀
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In #5 ReadyKilowatt pointed to something I just loved to read: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments
Thanks ReadyKilowatt.
Now if only the cops are aware of their own limitations, we’re always going to “catch the bad guys,” but I’m afraid not..
Lord knows, if you’re thinking of making a career out of rapine and pillage you’re not amongst the shining, upwardly mobile, luminaries of the planet, actually you’re a fucking socio/psychopath devoid of empathy, so we may yet stand a chance.
#2, You racist! Um, wait, um, never mind, Pedro.
I’m not a facebook member but I always thought you had to give permission for others to read what you post. Did they give the police permission to read the posts? Or do they have a universal password that allows them to do it?
#2 I’d like to see us legalize 50,000 illegals and allow them to legalize every family member they wish. It’s called the DREAM Act and Obama is working on this nightmare right now.
#5–Ready==yes thank you for an excellent read. My favorite line:
“Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. ” ////
Alfie, Oh Alfie!
Actually, it made me think of Trump and actually about Trump not that he overestimates his performance but rather that he does exemplify what I have seen in many successful businessmen: not so much any real expertise or insight but rather the division of the world into “with me or against me.” Sadly, its the skill of a barbarian and a mindset that all too often defeats a more nuanced approach and that always reminds of of Alexander’s solution to the Gordian Knot and that always reminds me…………
Yes, all things are connected, ha, ha, but only if you are nuanced.
there is the truth often balanced/canceled by pragmatism==always guided by what the goal is? and that reminds me of ……….
I crack myself up.
Facebook is evil.
pedro’s picture on facebook
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Yo. I be talkin’ like a fo’-year-old an’ sheeyit, dawg. I cain’t figguh OUT why I be wearin’ dat orange JUMP-suit. But mah gur-frend, she be HIRED at dat bank, even tho she talk like me. Dis “HR” be some SAD sheeyit, can you dig it?