National Domestic Violence Awareness Project

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Police were called to respond to a bank robbery at a US Bank branch in Cheyenne, Wyo., last week, and to their surprise the one and only suspect in the crime was sitting on an overturned 5-gallon bucket outside the bank, waiting for them.

“I just robbed the bank, I want to go back to prison,” Linda Thompson told police Wednesday, reported KGWN-TV.

According to the authorities quoted by the Associated Press, Thompson had just minutes earlier shown a teller a cardboard note saying: “I have a gun. Give me all your money.” The teller handed over everything she had: $16,300, according to KGWN. At that point, Thompson reportedly took the loot, went into the parking lot and tossed the money into the air, handing out some to customers and passersby.

And instead of making a getaway, she sat down and awaited police. The reason, according to court records: Thompson said a homeless shelter had turned her away, and that she no longer felt safe to stay on the streets. She said she had suffered facial fractures after strangers beat her at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park the previous weekend.

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