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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.


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To: Gamecock

Too bad he doesn’t live in a “No Fault Divorce” state.
I’m guessing that’s the reason he won’t just divorce her.
Would a court make a 70 y/o retired man pay alimony to his exwife?


21 posted on 09/07/2016 11:36:50 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Gamecock

quite the looker isn’t he....I’m sure he was a barrel of laughs as a husband...


22 posted on 09/07/2016 11:38:41 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Stevenc131

Why do husbands usually die before their wives?

Because they want to.


23 posted on 09/07/2016 11:40:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Gamecock
I think I'd take a shot at lack of mens rea if I was trying to defend him. He obviously had no intent to take money from the bank. I think I could sell that to the jury.
24 posted on 09/07/2016 11:42:25 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Stevenc131

Old joke: People who marry economics majors from North Dakota live longer. Not really, but it certainly seems that way. I plead guilty to both.


25 posted on 09/07/2016 11:43:22 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Gamecock

NO COMMENT!


26 posted on 09/07/2016 11:45:03 AM PDT by crazydad
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To: Gamecock

I believe that if I were the judge I would sentence him to home confinement and name his wife his jailer.


27 posted on 09/07/2016 11:45:19 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Gamecock
70-year-old says he robbed bank because he preferred jail to his wife

If it was that easy, we'd all be robbing banks.

28 posted on 09/07/2016 11:47:26 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: AppyPappy

Of course, if they did sentence him to house arrest they would have to arrest one or the other of them eventually for murder one.


29 posted on 09/07/2016 11:47:27 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Gamecock

He was channeling Rodney Dangerfield:

“How’s your wife?”

“Compared to what?”


30 posted on 09/07/2016 11:49:30 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: FreedomStar3028

sent back to his wife. ....Hell,yes. Bank robbers need punishment.


31 posted on 09/07/2016 11:50:12 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Gamecock
... he preferred jail to his wife
Do you know why men die before their wives?
Because they want to.
32 posted on 09/07/2016 11:50:24 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Gamecock
Sounds like something Al Bundy would've done.


33 posted on 09/07/2016 11:50:59 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: Stevenc131

Imagine living the rest of your days trying to please some complaining, vapid, harpy.

Usually that describes the good looking ones too.


34 posted on 09/07/2016 11:51:06 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: Gamecock

Lol


35 posted on 09/07/2016 11:53:00 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Gamecock

Looks like the Grecian Formula may have seeped into his brain.


36 posted on 09/07/2016 11:54:27 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: lee martell

Actually (and unfortunately) every state except New York is a no-fault state.


37 posted on 09/07/2016 11:55:12 AM PDT by nickedknack
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To: AppyPappy

The bad news is that they will probably put him on house arrest.


LOL Poor guy.

You win the prize!


38 posted on 09/07/2016 11:58:21 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Gamecock

LOL


39 posted on 09/07/2016 12:00:50 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: cherry

quite the looker isn’t he....I’m sure he was a barrel of laughs as a husband...


It sounds like she turned him that way. He was probably a happy go lucky, nice guy at one time.


40 posted on 09/07/2016 12:01:03 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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