Confederates.

In yet another case of a clever plan gone awry, three criminals who tried to rob a pawn store in Croyden, Pennsylvania, on August 24 got nabbed.

The robbery was supposed to happen like this: Vitaly Liberman would enter the pawn shop posing as a customer and use a ruse to draw the workers out of their bulletproof booth; then he would use his cell phone to contact his accomplices, Walter Leon and Pedrita Moreta, so that they could barge into the store with guns drawn and rob the place. It only happened partially that way.

Disguised with drawn-on mustaches, Leon and Moreta burst into the pawn shop, and Moreta began shooting; however, Frank Nusire, the storeowner, pulled a gun of his own and shot back. District Attorney Diane Gibbons told the Trentonian (Trenton, N.J.), "It was quite a shootout inside that store."

By the time bullets stopped flying, Nusire was hit in the elbow, Moreta was hit in the abdomen, and Liberman was wounded in his right shoulder and right thigh.

Moreta and Leon fled to a nearby car where they were captured in the backseat. Police discovered Liberman's involvement in the robbery when they found him in possession of the keys to the getaway vehicle. The three wounded men are being treated for their injuries. Leon, Moreta, and Liberman each face multiple charges, including attempted murder, assault, and robbery.