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'Devil made me do it' robber pleads guilty

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MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 (UPI) -- A Minnesota bank robber who told police "the devil" made him do it pleaded guilty to the crime and is now facing a maximum 20 years in prison.

Rick Wallat, 58, of Cambridge, pleaded guilty to bank robbery Tuesday in a Minneapolis federal court after an Oct. 5 holdup at the People's National Bank in North Branch, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Wednesday.

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Wallat admitted to handing the teller a note reading, "Don't do anything stupid," and leaving the bank with $8,850. He was later arrested while driving away from the location and the money was found inside a black handbag in his car.

"The devil made me do it, and you caught the bad guy," an arrest report quotes Wallat as saying while he was being taken into custody.

Wallat is facing a maximum 20 years in prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.

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