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Officers from
Pinecrest, Florida said they arrested Raderius Glenn Collins,
18, after he uploaded the video to Facebook on May 27. His
friend, Marcus Terrell Parker, 27, was arrested after another
burglary on June 9, police said.
They are still searching for a third suspect, who is seen in the
video in the passenger seat of the car flashing $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 check
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 jewelry valued at
more than $500,000. Police say Collins and Parker later
burglarized a second home and stole jewelry valued at more than
$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 jewelry to a jewelry and watch shop
and received $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 jewelry 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
May 27 burglary, it is unclear whether he had involvement in the
second break-in.
The Facebook video can be viewed here: (http://bit.ly/28QfTTi)
(Reporting by Amy Tennery; Editing by Alan Crosby)
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