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HILARIOUS FAIL: Man Who Robbed Bank To Escape His Wife Sentenced To Home Confinement

Hank Berrien

Remember Lawrence John Ripple, 71, who tried to rob a bank in Kansas City, Kansas, last September and said he did it so he would be thrown in jail and could get away from his wife?

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that because Ripple was depressed, he would only be sentenced to probation — and that he would be sentenced as well to home-confinement.

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