Safebreakers used Google to break open safe

EVERYONE REMOTELY web-savvy uses Google for a helping hand or to satiate curiosity, and it would seem criminals are no exception after a bizarre incident at a Colorado Springs amusement arcade.

Two masked burglars broke their way into the building using door keys and went through all the usual burglary to-and-froing - spraying security cameras and bumbling about looking menacing. However, when faced with cracking open the arcade's safe, they were clueless and quickly hopped to a nearby computer for help.

Search records on the computer revealed that the burglars had Googled for "how to open a safe" and "how to crack a safe." Ridiculous as it sounds, the Internet saved the day for the crooks and they made away with a crisp $12,000.

Security film shows around 70 minutes of burglary-related stress and frustration until one gave in and headed to the computer.

Though clearly unprofessional - security footage shows attempts to block cameras using WD-40 which only cleaned the lens, as well as spraying a fire alarm 'just in case' 'twere a camera - the burglars have not yet been caught.

No suspects have yet been identified, reports The Colorado Springs Gazette, nor were any employees working at the time. µ