Man says he robbed bank to get away from wife

[Kadie]

Man says he robbed bank to get away from wife

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

(09-01) 18:05 PDT Lancaster, Pa. (AP) --

A central Pennsylvania man said he robbed a bank in 2007 to go to jail and get away from his overbearing wife. At a sentencing hearing Monday, 39-year-old Anthony Miller said he robbed a bank in Ephrata because he wanted to leave his then-wife but she had threatened to commit suicide if he did.

Defense attorney Robert Beyer said Miller approached tellers with a BB gun, asked for money and told them to call the police. He said Miller even asked for updates on their efforts to reach authorities.

Miller pleaded guilty in June. Lancaster County Judge Louis Farina sentenced him to three to six years in prison on Monday.


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[present and past]

1. Pennsylvania Dutch Country

Ironically, Lancaster is smack in the middle of Pennsylvania Dutch country.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Well, that should do it.

[mth44sc]

3. It ain't much of an alibi

but it might well serve as a statement in mitigation :-)

[dhpgetsit]

4. Not a bad retirement plan

If you have no savings.
You get free meals and a roof over your head, health care, etc.

[madmax]

5. Reminds me of a line from 'Goodfella's' n/t