NASSAU-Two thieves ran out of luck when police caught them inside the FML web café.
Dwayne Bullard, 21, and lookout Roberto Johnson, 18, wanted to hit the jackpot but they lost their freedom instead.
Police control room sent a mobile unit to respond to a break-in at the FML web café around 5am on June 7.
On arrival, the officers noticed that the door to the generator room had been kicked in, the court heard.
Once inside, the police officers met the unlucky thieves hiding behind the generator system.
Upon further investigation, the officers noticed that the main web café had been accessed through the air conditioning vent.
The officers found a backpack that contained a blow torch, screwdriver and knife.
In an interview with police, Bullard said that he wanted the safe –but it was bolted to the ground.
For his part, Johnson told investigators that he had served as the lookout.
They both admitted to shop breaking and violating the lockdown that required them to stay at home at an arraignment before Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister.
Bullard admitted a separate charge of possessing tools for a break-in.
Addressing the court, Bullard asked the magistrate to be lenient.
Bullard claimed that his family was facing eviction and he desperately needed money.
Bullard alleged that his mother was terminally ill and both she and his brother needed him.
He asked the magistrate not to impose a prison sentence and said he could do community service.
Johnson also asked the magistrate to go easy on him because it was his first offense.
The magistrate sentenced Bullard, who has a prior stealing conviction, to 18 months in prison.
Johnson received a 12-month sentence.
