美国一名59岁的男子为了能够享受监狱里的免费医疗服务，到银行要求抢劫1美元，之后坐等警察到来。他表示，之所以选择抢银行是因为他觉得监狱是他获取治疗的最佳场所。

James Richard Verone, who is charged with the $1 robbery of a RBC Bank in North Carolina, has never been in trouble with the law before.
A former Coca-Cola truck driver who claims he has never been in trouble with the law, has robbed a bank for just $1 to receive free healthcare while in prison.

James Richard Verone, who is charged with the $1 robbery of a RBC Bank in North Carolina, has never been in trouble with the law before.

Mr Verone, who was unemployed¹ and facing several health problems, walked into the bank and handed the bank teller² a note that read: This is a bank robbery. Please give me $1.

He then sat in the bank waiting for the police to arrive.

The 59-year-old, who had no health insurance, has a growth on his chest, two ruptured³ disks（爆破片，防爆膜） and a problem with his left foot, said he committed the robbery because he believed prison was the best place he could go to for medical attention.

"I'm sort of a logical person and that was my logic⁴. That is what I came up with," he said.

"I wanted to make it known that this wasn't for monetary⁵ reasons but for medical reasons."

Mr Verone, who did not use a weapon during his robbery, said he hopes he is sentenced to three years in prison so he continues receiving healthcare.

"If it is called manipulation, then out of necessity because I need medical care, I guess I am manipulating the courts to get medical care."