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Alleged KCK bank robber, 70, chooses prison over home and wife
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.
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This is why in certain primitive--though in some ways more civilized--cultures, one needed only turn in a circle and say, "I divorce thee" three times.
And then, if you feel like it, you can still rob the bank.
Sentence to 2 years house arrest.