A US burglar who posted a Facebook video bragging about a US$500,000 jewellery haul has landed himself and one of his accomplices in jail, police said on Thursday.
Officers from Pinecrest, Florida said they arrested Raderius Glenn Collins, 18, after he uploaded the video to Facebook on 27 May. His friend, Marcus Terrell Parker, 27, was arrested after another burglary on 9 June, police said.
They are still searching for a third suspect, who is seen in the video in the passenger seat of the car flashing US$100 bills to the camera.
The video, which runs more than seven minutes long and has over 3,000 views, showed the men bragging about their illegal earnings, exclaiming: "We got a safe" and "Can someone say cheque please?"
The man in the driver's seat makes sure the traffic light is still red and proceeds to proudly reveal his bag of cash to the camera while the other two men cheer.
The burglars stole a safe from a home with jewellery valued at more than US$500,000. Police say Collins and Parker later robbed a second home and stole jewellery valued at more than US$10,000 and a screwdriver that would later tie one of the arrested men to the burglary.
One of the arrested subjects told police that he and the other two subjects sold the stolen jewellery to a jewellery and watch shop and received US$1,300 each in return.
Michelle Hammontree, communications director for Pinecrest, told Reuters that the Facebook video helped police establish a link between the burglary and the jewellery store, where the suspects pawned their ill-gotten goods. The bag featured in the video is the same one given to the suspects at the store.
"It was just one dumb decision after another," Hammontree said.
Police said that while they are seeking a third suspect in the 27 May burglary, it is unclear whether he had involvement in the second break-in.
The Facebook video can be viewed here.
Reporting by Amy Tennery; Editing by Alan Crosby
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