Man robs bank for one dollar, incarcerated as last resort

This is a very scary look into what people are being driven to doing with the current state of the economy.  The man hasn't done anything overtly offensive or criminal, but the fact that he was forced to even consider an option of this sort is disturbing.

The day Verone set out to commit his first felony, he mailed a letter to The Gazette.

He listed the return address as the Gaston County Jail.

“When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. This robbery is being committed by me for one dollar,” he wrote. “I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.”

Verone wanted to talk to a reporter to make sure people knew why he turned to crime. He figured he had nothing to lose.

“I knew that a felony would not hurt me. I cannot work anymore,” he said. “That felony is going to hurt my reputation.”

Very revealing and extremely logical, given the circumstances.

The full article can be found: here