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19-Year-Old Girl Robs Bank, Brags on YouTube, Gets Arrested, Oh Well

Dec 04 2012

Why does the internet make us do such supremely stupid things?

By which I mean, thinking you can pull off a Subterranean Homesick Blues-style video with a webcam and a Green Day soundtrack.

But also, robbing a bank and bragging about it on YouTube.

In a video titled "Chick Bank robber", 19-year-old Hannah Sabata (username: Jellee Beanie) brags about stealing a Pontiac Grand Am and robbing a small bank in rural Nebraska. She flashes her loot — over $6k — atop the words "I just stole a car and robbed a bank. Now I'm rich, I can pay off my college financial aid and tomorrow i'm going for a shopping spree. Bite me. I love GREENDAY!"

Of course, she was arrested.

"Basket Case" would clearly have been a better song choice.

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