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Man Admits to Robbing Jewelry Store on 4chan, Submits Photos for Consideration

by Amar Toor on November 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM

photo from 4chan
A man who may (or may not) have robbed a jewelry store may (or may not) have announced his guilt on 4chan. On Saturday night, an anonymous 4chan user posted a picture showing what appears to be several rings, along with a message that read: "I just robbed a jewelry store with an M4 assault rifle. Feeling excited but kind of scared. wat do now?" Many, of course, doubted the man's claims, but one user wrote that the rings depicted in the photo were actually very valuable. How did he know? Because he's "the father of a jeweler." That makes him an authority, we guess.

The /b/ underworld, however, remained skeptical, and demanded that the self-proclaimed criminal post a picture of the gun to achieve true "epicness." He did, but the trolls wanted more. Finally, he took the gun apart, to reveal its bolt carrier, firing pin and extractor, and posted a photo of it. The naysayers promptly went quiet.

Now, a gun and some "expensive" jewelry does not a criminal make. As Urlesque points out, it's entirely conceivable that this guy owned a jewelry store, and just happened to own a gun, as well. Of course, it's also possible that he really did rob a jewelry store, and decided to seek refuge in the foothills of 4chan. Either way, though, he'll most certainly become infamous among his online brethren -- which, we're guessing, is all he really wanted to do in the first place.

Tags: 4chan, crime, evidence, Guns, jewelry, photos, robbery, top, troll, web

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