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Associated Press - December 23, 2009 11:04 AM ET
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Federal investigators say 2 of 3 men accused of robbing a southern Illinois bank insist they were jobless and needed the loot to buy Christmas gifts.
The third suspect, 61-year-old Daniel Ravellette of Vincennes, Ind., allegedly told authorities he masterminded Saturday's robbery of the Regions Bank in Lebanon because his wife has cancer and he needed money.
Ravellette, 31-year-old Donald Long of Vincennes and 23-year-old Zachary Richey of Lawrenceville are accused of robbing the bank of about $22,000. All are jailed without bail.
A message seeking comment was left Wednesday with Ravellette's public defender. Long and Richey don't have listed home telephone numbers.
Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com
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