5.29.2009

You're doing it wrong

Advice to aspiring bank robbers: No matter how proud you are after your successful robbery, it's a really bad idea to boast about it on MySpace.

Joseph Wade Northington, 27, of Roanoke, VA, faces seven years to life in prison after being convicted of using a firearm to rob a bank in North Augusta, VA. After getting nearly $4,000 in the robbery, Northington put a post on MySpace saying, "On tha run for robbin a bank. Love all of yall!"

Fortunately for him, there's no prosecution for punctuation abuse.

Full story here.

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