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I've heard of elderly guys doing this in other states too, robbing a bank so they can live the rest of their lives in jail rather than homeless.
Complaint: Suspect robbed bank because he’d ‘rather be in jail than be homeless’
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - A man suspected of robbing a bank told police he’d recently lost his job and “would rather be in jail than be homeless,” according to a criminal complaint.
Martin Schiedermayer, 63 of Appleton, is accused of robbing a Wells Fargo bank in Appleton on Tuesday morning.
https://www.wbay.com/2025/01/16/complaint-suspect-robbed-bank-because-hed-rather-be-jail-than-be-homeless/

choie
(5,299 posts)Archae
(47,082 posts)I'm 65 myself, and I have a number of elderly aches and pains, and other medical issues.
barbtries
(30,282 posts)i speak from experience.
soldierant
(8,330 posts)Elderly is in one's fifties.
BigMin28
(1,645 posts)At 63. That's ancient to most employers today. You are lucky if they talk to you.
I'll be elderly April 10th.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) – The suspect charged for allegedly robbing an Appleton bank Tuesday was familiar with the bank, as [b]he was convicted for a 2011 robbery at the same place.
https://fox11online.com/news/local/man-accused-of-robbing-same-appleton-bank-more-than-a-decade-after-first-crime-martin-schiedermayer-wells-fargo-state-street-police-headquarters-
I wouldn't worry about copy-cats. There are people who don't function well outside of prison, so they commit crimes to get back in.
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/crime/2025/01/16/man-charged-with-robbing-same-bank-he-was-convicted-of-robbing-in-2011/77746416007/
And he used the same excuse in 2011!!!
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Not the first time we've heard this story.
Sometimes for medical care.
Bluethroughu
(7,093 posts)angrychair
(10,463 posts)They are a red state now. Why don't they ask their new president to do something about it?
JoseBalow
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