As bad decisions go, trying to rob a bank to pay off debt is pretty high on the list.  Right up there with going on an all-bacon diet to lose weight or just about anything that Kanye West does in public.

But that didn’t stop Michael Casey Wilson of California.  The 69 year old man is now sitting in a San Diego central jail, accused of going into a Bank of America branch and handing the manager a note saying he had a bomb.  He left with 107 grand in cash, but was soon caught lying on a front porch near the bank.

Wilson said that the thought of losing his house because he wasn’t able to pay his 17 percent mortgage was what brought him to the breaking point.  And he happens to also have a terminal health condition so a long prison sentence wouldn’t be in the cards, anyway.

His take on his actions: ”I’m an asshole. Let’s face it,” he said. “Here’s a man who f–ked up his life and his family’s life but I did it with good intentions. Just stupid intentions.”

If you are having difficulty paying your mortgage, you are encouraged to see if you’re eligible to participate in the Making Home Affordable Program.   You are not encouraged to turn to a life of crime. Unless you count being a Wall Street mortgage derivatives trader, which is, technically, still legal.

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