A 70-year-old man who took close to $3,000 from a bank in Kansas last week is understood to have carried out the robbery shortly after telling his wife he'd “rather be in jail than at home" during an argument.

Larry Ripple of Kansas City entered the Bank of Labor on Friday afternoon and handed a staff member a note saying: “I have a gun, give me money.”

The teller passed over $2,924 in cash. Then, instead of fleeing, Ripple took a seat in the lobby of the bank.