Septuagenarian fed up with wife, robs bank so he can be jailed

September 9, 2016 11:01 PM

A desperate old man has gone to the extreme to rob a bank so he can be jailed, in a bid to escape his wife.

Lawrence John Ripple

The actions of this 70-year-old man have given truth to the saying, an idle man is the devils workshop.

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The septuagenarian was reportedly fed up with living with his wife that he chose to go to jail rather than live at home.

Court documents revealed that Lawrence John Ripple had walked into a Kansas City bank on Friday, September 2, handed a note saying he had a gun and demanded money, to the first teller he met.

The note which read, “I have a gun, give me your cash,” saw Ripple being given $2,924 in currency from a drawer.

Ripple then takes the cash he was given and sits down in the lobby of the bank, turning himself in and telling a security officer that he wasn't there for the money, after all, the Kansa City reports.

The guard reportedly took Ripple into custody and retrieved the stolen cash from him. Following his arrest, Ripple admitted that he had gotten involved in an argument with his wife during which he had written the demand note, saying "I’d rather be in jail than at home."

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Ripple proceeded to carry out his threat on a bank which is one block from a police station.

Following the unravelling of his plan, while he was behind bars, a judge released him from jail.