Well, Lubbock, it looks like our youth are finally taking initiative. Nicholas Malachi Vecchio, a 17-year-old who clearly skipped the “how to be a functioning member of society” seminar, was arrested Wednesday for a back-to-back crime spree that makes a chaotic Tuesday at a local Taco Bell look like a spa day.
Last Saturday, Nicholas and his merry band of three friends allegedly decided to play Lubbock P.I. by storming a home on 50th Street. Their mission? To find a stolen gun. Their method? Holding a guy at gunpoint who wasn’t even the person they were looking for, stealing his phone, and—just to add a little flair—firing a shot through a window. Because nothing says “give me my property back” like property damage and a felony burglary charge.
Not content with just one disaster, the group allegedly moved three blocks over eight minutes later to fire more shots into another residence. The masterstroke of this criminal enterprise? Vecchio reportedly DM’ed the victim on Instagram before the crimes, explicitly stating he was going to hold people at gunpoint until he got his stuff back.
In a shocking twist that surprised absolutely no one with a brain, the Lubbock Police Department used the revolutionary technology of “looking at a student profile” and “matching a blue hatchback” to track him down. He’s currently sitting in the Lubbock County Detention Center on a $200,000 bond, which is a pretty steep price to pay for a failed career in social media-coordinated vigilantism.
If you’re going to announce your felony intentions via Instagram DM, maybe at least use a filter so your mugshot looks better?
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