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Common
07-30-2016, 06:52 AM
A woman who was recently released from prison in Oregon robbed a bank in Wyoming only to throw the cash up in the air outside the building and sit down to wait for police, authorities said Friday.

Investigators say 59-year-old Linda Patricia Thompson told them she wanted to go back to prison.
Thompson said she had suffered facial fractures after strangers beat her at a Cheyenne park last weekend.
She said she couldn't get a room at a homeless shelter and decided to rob the bank Wednesday because she could no longer stay on the streets, court records say.
She faces a detention hearing Tuesday on a bank robbery charge and doesn't have an attorney yet.
FBI Special Agent Tory Smith said in court documents that Thompson entered a US Bank branch in Cheyenne and handed a teller a cardboard note that said, "I have a gun. Give me all your money."
The teller turned over thousands of dollars.
Outside, Thompson threw money into the air and even offered some to people passing by, Smith stated. He added that Cheyenne police Lt. Nathan Busek said he found Thompson with a large sum of money when he arrived at the bank.
"Lt. Busek asked Thompson what was going on, and Thompson replied, 'I just robbed the bank, I want to go back to prison,'" Smith wrote.
Thompson had been serving time at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon, for a second-degree robbery conviction in Union County until her release in June, Betty Bernt, communications manager with the Oregon Department of Corrections, said Friday.
Thompson told investigators then that she didn't want to be released and advised the Oregon state parole office that she would not do well on parole.
An attempt to reach Thompson's parole officer for comment wasn't successful on Friday.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/29/fbi-woman-robbed-wyoming-bank-to-return-to-prison.html

sachem
07-30-2016, 07:11 AM
Whatever floats your boat.

Peter1469
07-30-2016, 07:28 AM
Some people do get themselves arrested for the cot and three hots.

Adelaide
07-30-2016, 08:21 AM
It's pretty sad that people come to the conclusion that it is their only option.

Peter1469
07-30-2016, 08:31 AM
It isn't a bad option if you are homeless.

Adelaide
07-30-2016, 08:37 AM
It isn't a bad option if you are homeless.

Yeah, that is why it is sad. It is also the only way for some people to get drug rehabilitation or mental health care since the prison system is required to provide it.

Chloe
07-30-2016, 08:39 AM
It is definitely sad when someone will choose prison over struggling with the realities of homelessness. It's just another example of how little we as a country really do to help those truly in need. Walk through downtown Portland for example. Even though the city does have programs in place, it's still not enough, and it's quite sad.

donttread
07-30-2016, 08:43 AM
A woman who was recently released from prison in Oregon robbed a bank in Wyoming only to throw the cash up in the air outside the building and sit down to wait for police, authorities said Friday.

Investigators say 59-year-old Linda Patricia Thompson told them she wanted to go back to prison.
Thompson said she had suffered facial fractures after strangers beat her at a Cheyenne park last weekend.
She said she couldn't get a room at a homeless shelter and decided to rob the bank Wednesday because she could no longer stay on the streets, court records say.
She faces a detention hearing Tuesday on a bank robbery charge and doesn't have an attorney yet.
FBI Special Agent Tory Smith said in court documents that Thompson entered a US Bank branch in Cheyenne and handed a teller a cardboard note that said, "I have a gun. Give me all your money."
The teller turned over thousands of dollars.
Outside, Thompson threw money into the air and even offered some to people passing by, Smith stated. He added that Cheyenne police Lt. Nathan Busek said he found Thompson with a large sum of money when he arrived at the bank.
"Lt. Busek asked Thompson what was going on, and Thompson replied, 'I just robbed the bank, I want to go back to prison,'" Smith wrote.
Thompson had been serving time at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon, for a second-degree robbery conviction in Union County until her release in June, Betty Bernt, communications manager with the Oregon Department of Corrections, said Friday.
Thompson told investigators then that she didn't want to be released and advised the Oregon state parole office that she would not do well on parole.
An attempt to reach Thompson's parole officer for comment wasn't successful on Friday.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/29/fbi-woman-robbed-wyoming-bank-to-return-to-prison.html

You mean our "state of the art" community re-entry and criminal rehabilitations are working? What a shocker!

Peter1469
07-30-2016, 09:33 AM
It is definitely sad when someone will choose prison over struggling with the realities of homelessness. It's just another example of how little we as a country really do to help those truly in need. Walk through downtown Portland for example. Even though the city does have programs in place, it's still not enough, and it's quite sad.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Resources are scarce.

Chloe
07-30-2016, 09:35 AM
Money doesn't grow on trees.

Resources are scarce.

Stop arresting people for victimless crimes and reinvest the money that would have been spent to incarcerate them into the communities that need the most help with regards to their homeless.

Peter1469
07-30-2016, 10:35 AM
Stop arresting people for victimless crimes and reinvest the money that would have been spent to incarcerate them into the communities that need the most help with regards to their homeless.

I am 100% for not putting non-violent criminals in jail. I am also for prison reform. A reference (http://www.prisonofpeace.org/).

Much of the homelessness problem is a mental health crisis. We should do something for them, but the modern methods are useless.

donttread
07-30-2016, 04:14 PM
Money doesn't grow on trees.

Resources are scarce.


Resources are appantly not scarce in the prison industrial complex. If they were why would they put so many people in jail for non-violent and even victimless crimes?

donttread
07-30-2016, 04:25 PM
Stop arresting people for victimless crimes and reinvest the money that would have been spent to incarcerate them into the communities that need the most help with regards to their homeless.


Sorry, I didn't see your post, now I see that I stole it. Quite fitting these days though, puts me in the company of the Trumps.