‘Rather be in jail’: 70-year-old man robs bank to get arrested and away from wife, police say

[steve2470]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/08/rather-be-in-jail-70-year-old-man-robs-bank-to-get-arrested-and-away-from-wife-police-say/

Breaking up is hard to do.

So hard that one 70-year-old man in Kansas City, Kan., decided he’d rather avoid doing so altogether by getting himself thrown in a jail cell instead of spending another minute at home with his wife.

On Tuesday, Lawrence John Ripple was charged with bank robbery. It is unclear whether he has a lawyer, and he has not entered a plea.

On Wednesday, he was moved from the Wyandotte County Detention Center in Kansas City to a federal facility in Leavenworth, Kan., according to Reuters.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Creative

[Calista241]

2. So what happens to your Social Security in a situation like this?

Does his wife get to collect his Social Security or her spousal benefit? Cause if she does, that's just the icing on the cake of this story.

[Major Nikon]

3. Reminds me of this...

[steve2470]

4. I'm thinking his lawyer should have him evaluated by a psychiatrist

Maybe dementia or early stage of it ? Certainly not rational behavior by any means.