Cops: Bank Robbers Posed With Cash on Facebook

Newser ^ | 9/30/15 | Rob Quinn

[Impala64ssa]

There's dumb criminals, dumb selfies, and then there's this guy. Police in Ohio say their search for a bank robber was made easier when suspect John Mogan and his girlfriend posted photos on Facebook of themselves posing with big wads of cash, the Circleville Herald reports. The 28-year-old, who was released from prison on July 19 after serving time for a previous bank robbery, was arrested along with girlfriend Ashley Duboe for the Aug. 24 robbery of a bank in Ashville, where his parents live, the Herald reports.

Police say the couple started posting photos of the cash on Facebook four days after the robbery, some of them showing Mogan pretending to eat the money or use it as a phone, the Smoking Gun reports. Investigators say Mogan walked into the bank and handed the teller a note before fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money. Duboe allegedly served as the getaway driver and also applied makeup to cover up tattoos on her boyfriend's face, which read "Loyalty's Thin" and "Betrayal's Thick," per the Smoking Gun. (This burglary suspect was wearing a shirt stolen in another crime for his mugshot.)

[Impala64ssa]

SCHMUCK!

Some time ago, we were at a car show and oldies concert to benefit the families of the cops and firefighters who died on 9/11. I was chatting with an NYPD detective who restored a couple of the big old Plymouth Fury patrol cars the PD used in the 60's. He told me the "criminal mastermind" types as well as the stuff you'd see on Law and Order, CSI, etc are very rare. Typically, police officers deal with those types of crimes just a couple of times in their carreers. Most criminals are garden variety dumba**es like this one, more like what you'd see on Cops but more "diverse". In fact for a good laugh, check out the Bozo criminal of the day

[T-Bird45]

Since this guy has obviously voluntarily removed himself from the pool of normally employable people, it seems thievery is likely his only outlet.