Take my wife or take my freedom

Bank robber: I did it to get away from my wife
Defense lawyer says culprit told tellers to call police during Pa. stick-up
AP

LANCASTER, Pa. - A 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.

Beyer said the couple divorced within the last year.

This is exactly why I don't want to get married. I can't bare the thought that one day the prospect of getting stabbed with a shiv or raped in the shower might be more appealing than going to Home Depot with my wife.

I had a buddy whose greant aunt and great uncle had a similar relationship. The old man could barely drive, but one day he convinced his wife to let him drive to the store. Seven hours later the family got a call that the old man had been arrested in El Paso. He was trying to flee the country to get away from his wife. Almost made it too.