A 70-year-old man in Kansas robbed a bank and then waited for police to arrive, saying he would rather go to jail than spend another minute with his wife. 

Lawrence John Ripple told his wife following a fight that "he'd rather be in jail than at home." The couple, who have been married for 33 years, had been arguing over a broken dryer she asked him to fix. 

After writing a note stating that he had a gun and wanted money, Ripple walked to a bank in Kansas City, Kansas, and handed it to the teller.

The teller gave him nearly $3,000. Instead of making a hasty getaway from the Brotherhood Bank and Trust branch, Ripple took a seat in the lobby and admitted to a security guard that he was the suspect. He was taken into custody.

The money was returned to the bank. The cause of Ripple's fight with his wife was not detailed in the court documents and no lawyer was listed for him.

A spokesman for the Wyandotte County Sheriff's office said he was moved to a federal facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. 

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