How not to do a robbery

Did you read or hear about the two twenty-year-olds who robbed a Brink's truck of a whole passel of money--and then went on a buying binge? Check it out: Law enforcement said they received an anonymous tip that identified Colston and Jones as two of the robbers. According to the affidavit, the caller said Colston and Jones had spent $2,500 at Worlds of Fun, Independence Center and that Jones had just bought a Dodge Charger. Yikes. How stupid. You'd have thought they never saw a movie before. Apparently someone had to tell these two rocket scientists you DON'T all of a sudden take a bunch of friends to Worlds of Fun and drop 2,500 bucks on them and you DON'T go on a big shopping trip at the local mall and, finally, you DON'T run out and buy a new car--in cash, to boot. Someone needed to describe to these two clowns what "laying low" and "felony" mean. Oh, and want to hear a hoot? "According to the allegations..." one of the accused "...told officers that he “cut yards” to obtain the money. Right. I'm sure. Apparently, they were turned in by a phone tip. I'm thinking a "friend" turned them in--whaddya' think? One of the things that got me about this story, though, is that all the media outlets--the Star, KCUR 89.3 FM and KMBC TV news, to name three--all spell out how much was taken from the Brink's truck. That was a really irresponsible and stupid advertisement to other idiots out there in the world--and there are far too many of them, we know--that these trucks carry boodles of money. Yes, we kind of took that for granted but who knew you could get that much? And telling the world about it seems kind of crazy. You watch, there's probably at least two guys out there in town who think "We can do that---and get away with it." If I'm Brink's, I'm thinking, "Thanks a lot, guys." Link to original story; http://www.kmbc.com/news/24994343/detail.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/13/2221696/two-men-face-federal-charges-in.html