Robbers held after they bragged on Facebook
April 25th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) “Wipe my teeth with hundreds” was one of the Facebook posts that led the police to robbers who had struck at a bank in the US, it was reported.
Soon after carrying out the armed raid on the bank in Houston, Texas, the robbers wrote messages on Facebook like “I’m rich” and “Wipe my teeth with hundreds”.
Police was informed about the Facebook posts and they made four arrests, Daily Telegraph reported.
The media report said two of arrested people worked for the Bank of Commerce in Houston.
Security video had showed two armed and masked men robbing the bank and going off with over $80,000.
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