Homesick Robber Missed Prison

Published January 15, 2007, 1:00 a.m. EST

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Updated August 27, 2020, 2:07 a.m. EDT

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DAYTONA, Fla. - A convicted bank robber missed prison so bad that he robbed Kennedy Space Center FCU so he could go back. Forty-four-year-old Danny Villegas walked into the CU and announced he was robbing it, then sat down and told employees to call 911 while he sat on a couch and waited for police. Villegas, reportedly out of work and homeless, told police he preferred prison to finding a job. Villegas served five years in prison for robbing a bank 10 years ago. (c) 2007 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

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