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Down on his luck welder robs bank to just get caught
http://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/down-his-luck-welder-robs-bank-just-get-caught"Homeless and hopeless, David Allen Potchen is the bank robber who didn’t want the money, he just wanted to be caught.
His “career” as a stickup man began in 2001, when he walked into a Lowell, Ind., bank armed with a shotgun and took nine employees hostage. But he didn’t ask for money in the four hours he spent chatting with the terrified tellers and bank manager as FBI and SWAT surrounded the bank. He asked for two Big Macs and cigarettes."
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and no insurance..no job..so he "robbed" a 7-11..took $20 and waited outside by the door for the cops to arrive.. 
because of the attention he got for his story, so I think it paid off for him
It's so sad how close to the edge so many people are
