Why did Colin Rea go to jail? Ex-convict reveals all in new video
Mia Phillips
Updated on April 03, 2026
Colin Rea is a famos TikTokker with a rocky past. The ex-convict tells all about his prison time in a new video.
On his page, Colin shares stories about his time in jail, answers fans’ questions and responds to comments.
Colin Rea’s most recent video explains that he will tell fans why he went to prison if they give him one million likes and fans have gone crazy in anticipation.
If you want to know why Colin went to jail, then look no further as we have everything you need to know. Read on to find out more.
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How old was Colin Rea when he went to jail?
Colin Rea told fans that he was 18 years old when he went to jail, and had “only graduated not even a year before.”
The TikTokker spilled details about his time in prison while on the podcast,
“Logging Off w Ben Houselog.”
Colin said that after being in the jail for two hours, he “immediately saw someone get stabbed.”
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Why did Colin Rea go to jail?
In Colin’s latest video, he said that he would tell fans why he went to jail if his video gets one million likes. However, fans quickly noticed that the video audio was named ‘It was robbery.”
On the podcast, Colin told Ben Houselog more about the robbery. He said: “I was 18, and it was right before Halloween. I had been getting in a little trouble, but it was getting increasingly more serious.”
He explained how he got into robberies, and said it began when he and his friends found themselves strapped for cash.
Colin explains: “We were broke because we’re all lazy and nobody wanted to work. We had just watched the movie The Town. I was like man that shit looks easy I could do that. That was how it started, the first robbery I did.”
Colin said that during his first robbery he stole $800, and thought: “That was easy for 800 dollars.”
He ended up committing five robberies in seven days, before somebody phoned the police to report them. Colin Rea got arrested on Halloween night of 2011.
