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70-year-old says he robbed bank because he preferred jail to his wife
The State ^
| 9/7/2016
| TONY RIZZO
Posted on 09/07/2016 11:25:09 AM PDT by Gamecock
A 70-year-old man charged with robbing a Kansas City, Kan., bank said he did it because he preferred a jail cell over living with his wife.
Lawrence John Ripple is charged in federal court with the Friday afternoon robbery of the Bank of Labor at 756 Minnesota Ave.
According to court documents, Ripple handed a teller a note that read, “I have a gun, give me money.”
The teller complied.
But instead of fleeing, Ripple took the money and then took a seat in the bank lobby, according to the documents.
When a bank security guard approached him, Ripple told the guard, “I’m the guy you’re looking for.”
The guard took the money from Ripple and held him until police arrived, which wasn’t long, because Kansas City, Kan., police headquarters is on the same block.
When he was questioned later by investigators, Ripple told him that he and his wife had argued and he “no longer wanted to be in that situation,” according to the documents.
“Ripple wrote out his demand note in front of his wife … and told her he’d rather be in jail than at home,” an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit filed in support of the robbery charge.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: kansas
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:25:09 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:25:58 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: Gamecock
Slap on the wrist, sent back to his wife. I betcha.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:26:30 AM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: Gamecock
The bad news is that they will probably put him on house arrest.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:27:10 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:27:43 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Winter is coming)
To: Gamecock
Sounds like he’s married to my ex wife.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:27:45 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: Gamecock
Drive you to drink not good enough
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:28:48 AM PDT
by
LouieFisk
To: Gamecock
The say married men live longer than single men, I think it just seems that way.
To: Gamecock
He will be released, his old lady will get everything, he will be on skid-row drinking, what else, Ripple.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:29:12 AM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: Blue Jays
One must appreciate his straightforward honesty and plainspoken style.
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:31:28 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
(The game overs whether you play it or not.)
To: Gamecock
If the judge was smart, he’d sentence the guy to a year of house arrest.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:32:57 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Gamecock
Hey at least he had a game plan, LOL.
To: Gamecock
Same age here, and thinking IF I’d stayed with my first....
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:34:12 AM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: FreedomStar3028
“Slap on the wrist, sent back to his wife. I betcha.”
LOL! Sounds to me like he wouldn’t consider that a slap on the wrist.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:35:05 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: Gamecock
Hi wife must be a lot like Hillary.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:35:09 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
If the judge was smart, he’d sentence the guy to a year of house arrest. Sounds like an episode of the Twilight Zone.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:35:14 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: Gamecock
Sounds like the appropriate sentence is “Time served”.
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:36:16 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Gamecock
Best way to punish this poor fellow will be to just send him home ?
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:36:37 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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