Man Robs Bank of $1 to Get Health Care in Jail

[MilesColtrane]

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.

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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.

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This is just the latest answer to the question, "just how fucked up is this country?".

Heartbreaking

[Taverner]

1. ____wow_____

(( ))

[MilesColtrane]

2. Yeah, this got to me.

I'm going to have to step away for awhile.

[BarbaRosa]

3. This concept has crossed my mind

on occasion. . .

[lbrtbell]

4. "I'm proud to be an American...."

At least, I used to be, before the corporations, oil companies, and big pharma took it over. :(