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

[quote] [img]http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/ht_richard_verone_ll_110620_wg.jpg[/img] 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. PHOTO: Richard Verone mug shot Gaston County Jail Richard James Verone, 57, shown in this... View Full Size Chicago Bank Robbers Don Nun Costumes Watch Video Dramatic Bank Robbery Gone Wrong Watch Video Iraq War Veteran Helps Thwart Bank Robbery Watch Video 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. "I'm sort of a logical person and that was my logic, what I came up with," Verone told reporters. "If it is called manipulation, then out of necessity because I need medical care, then I guess I am manipulating the courts to get medical care." But the charge of larceny, not armed robbery, is unlikely to keep Verone behind bars for more than 12 months. He is being held in Gaston County Jail on a $2,000 bond, according to a spokesman for the jail, and is scheduled to appear in court June 28.[/quote] [url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/nc-man-allegedly-robs-bank-health-care-jail/story?id=13887040[/url] I hate this country.

Where is the link and also late.

[QUOTE=Beezleboss;30612959] I hate this country.[/QUOTE] Explain to me why you hate this country?

Sad that someone has to resort to this kind of thing just to get medical help.

[QUOTE=Roof;30613195]Explain to me why you hate this country?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Vaught;30613273]Sad that someone has to resort to this kind of thing just to get medical help.[/QUOTE]

Poor guy, robbing a bank to try and survive, i'd help him out if i could

He looks so sad :(

Why does he not get a job?

[QUOTE=mbutler2;30613710]Why does he not get a job?[/QUOTE] You're obviously a kid. Unemployment is through the roof and it's harder to get jobs now than ever.

[QUOTE=mbutler2;30613710]Why does he not get a job?[/QUOTE] I remember reading somewhere that he has a condition where he's in constant pain (or a lot of pain at times). He can't get a job and he has no money to go to the doctor to get help.

those are some of the saddest eyes I've ever seen [IMG]http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/ht_richard_verone_ll_110620_wg.jpg[/IMG] :(

[QUOTE=Beezleboss;30613758]You're obviously a kid. Unemployment is through the roof and it's harder to get jobs now than ever.[/QUOTE] So ignorance of why he has no job automatically makes me a kid? Could it also be the reason listed below your post? God think before you speak it was a harmless question. [editline]21st June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Communist Cake;30613771]I remember reading somewhere that he has a condition where he's in constant pain (or a lot of pain at times). He can't get a job and he has no money to go to the doctor to get help.[/QUOTE] Certainly he can find [b]something[/b]. Even if it's the worst of jobs at least he will have money.

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1099676-A-man-robbed-a-bank-for-1-so-he-could-go-to-jail-and-get-free-health-care[/url] same. page. Even