Imagine how far they would have gotten if they had actually thought ahead on this one. Of course it didn’t help when Mr. Miller sang like a canary.

Masking his appearance with a coat of drywall compound wasn’t enough to protect the identity of a bank robber, authorities said. A NASCAR plate on the getaway car led police right to him.

Robert Coulson Lavery, 56, was convicted Wednesday in the Nov. 24, 2006, robbery of the New Cumberland Federal Credit Union, which netted $7,910, Fairview Township police said.

He was charged along with Robert Steven Miller, 53, who drove the getaway car, which bore a Rusty Wallace NASCAR plate on the front. A tip from someone familiar with the car led police to Miller, who confessed to helping Lavery in the robbery, police said.

Was the compound still wet? I can’t get it to stick to the wall when I need it to, let alone my face (not that I have tried).

The moral of the story? The next time you plan to commit a crime, don’t ask a stick in the mud to help you.

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