He’s going to get his wish. Geriatric thief Lawrence John Ripple, who told police that he wanted to live in prison instead of with his wife, has pleaded guilty to robbing a Kansas City bank — and now faces 20 years in a federal lockup, according to a new report. Ripple, 70, pleaded guilty Monday in US District Court in Kansas City to knocking over Bank of Labor on Minnesota Avenue in September. The bank is located a block away from Kansas City, Kansas, police headquarters. Ripple has cut a deal with federal prosecutors and his defense attorneys, leaving it in their hands to argue an appropriate sentence, the Kansas ... (full story)