A man who admitted he robbed a bank so he could be arrested to avoid his wife was sentenced Tuesday to six months of home confinement, essentially achieving the opposite result.
Lawrence John Ripple, 70, in January pleaded guilty to a September Kansas City, Kansas, bank robbery.
According to court documents obtained by the Star-Telegram, Ripple handed a bank teller a note that read: "I have a gun, give me money." The teller handed him $2,924, that outlet reports.
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