Man robs bank for healthcare

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

No he didn't go in to get money for a medical bill...he robbed the bank to get prison healthcare. He probably should have actually tried to rob it properly however.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/nc-man-allegedly-robs-bank-health-care-jail/story?id=13887040

A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report.

He then sat down and waited for police to arrive. "… I say, 'I'll be sitting right over here, on the chair, waiting for the police,'" Verone told reporters, recalling the June 9 robbery in an interview from Gaston County Jail.

And wait for the police, he did.

"He's sitting on the sofa as you walk in the front door," the bank teller said in a 911 call.

Police arrested Verone where he sat. He was unarmed.

Verone said he asked for $1 to show that his motives were medical, not monetary, according to news reports. With a growth in his chest, two ruptured disks and no job, Verone hoped a three-year stint in prison would afford him the health care he needed.

[Zero Sum 305]

He must have been pretty desperate. I can imagine how others would remind him he could always 'get a job' and not be a loser.

[mawilson 2,133]

Or join the Army.

[Zero Sum 305]

Or join the Army.

"A 59-year-old man"

[mawilson 2,133]

"A 59-year-old man"

Or wait for Medicare

[Zero Sum 305]

Or wait for Medicare

"With a growth in his chest, two ruptured disks and no job"

Wait for how long?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

This should have been posted under the headline:

Privatized Health Care

Jail when all else fails?

[mawilson 2,133]

Should have robbed it for real. What if they give him community service instead of prison time?

[웃 910]

Why couldn't he just go to the ER?

[mawilson 2,133]

Why couldn't he just go to the ER?

Probably needed long-term care.

[slim 1,525]

They should give it to him. Give him the maximum sentence to set an example.

[웃 910]

They should give it to him. Give him the maximum sentence to set an example.

He is not charged with unarmed robbery...Charged with larceny...He'll probably get 90 days in jail with free health care.