GobbleDog 816 Posted July 30, 2016 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — 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. https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-woman-robbed-wyoming-bank-return-prison-224157972.html?nhp=1 No Vegas vacation before turning herself in.?. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted July 30, 2016 More police just hasslin for no reason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chronic Husker 85 Posted July 30, 2016 Our for profit prison system needs a complete overhaul. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willis McGahee's Dentist 61 Posted July 30, 2016 I'm often surprised that more homeless people font do things like this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,650 Posted July 30, 2016 Our for profit prison system needs a complete overhaul. No doubt. There are obviously too nice, people want to go back. And if the profit angle was in play here, she wouldn't have been paroled. They get money for keeping people in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,814 Posted July 30, 2016 Damn...thats pretty tragically sad. That THAT was your best life option. See a lot of those people, people just hanging onto nothing just waiting to die...many of them now post here. Its heartbreaking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted July 30, 2016 There are many prisons where if you dont have famiy bringing you food, you're screwed. And forget healthcare and TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,545 Posted July 30, 2016 Get busy living or get busy dying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southcarolina 166 Posted July 30, 2016 Get busy living or get busy dying At least she didnt give herself the Brooks Hatlen treatment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,311 Posted July 30, 2016 http://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Robbery-Back-to-Prison.jpeg Looks like one of the wack jobs who can use whichever restroom at Target. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites