Dumb and Dumber - the picture of stupidity

United States federal prosecutors have released photos of the so-called "Dumb and Dumber" bank robbers - which includes Kiwi Anthony Prince - posing for the camera while holding stacks of stolen cash.

Prince - a 20-year-old New Zealander with Australian residency - and Luke Carroll, 19, were sentenced to prison last month after pleading guilty to robbing a bank in Vail. The men, who were working at a Vail ski shop, were dubbed "Dumb and Dumber" by the media because of a string of clues they left behind that led to their capture the next day.

US attorney spokesman Jeff Dorschner said the photos were released in response to media requests.

The duo netted $129,500 in the robbery last March..

In the photos, Prince grins into the camera with $20 bills fanned out in each hand. With lips pursed, Carroll holds a plastic-wrapped stack of bills in one hand and notes spread out in a fan in the other.

Prince got four-and-a-half years in prison and Carroll was jailed for five.

- HERALD ON SUNDAY