{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/old-man-wanted-more-than-money-in-branson-bank-robbery", "Old man wanted more than money in Branson bank robbery", "2015-12-31", "2015", "2015-12", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Old man wanted more than money in Branson bank robbery\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t By: Harrison Keegan \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tThursday, December 31, 2015\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tJoseph Cyrus could barelyget the words out.\r\nHe knew what he wanted to say, but he didn't want to break down in the courtroom.\r\nCyrus' lawyer told him it was OK. Hecould wait until the sentencing hearing in a few months if he wanted.But the 77-year-oldCyrus couldn't wait.\r\nA proud man, Cyruscouldn't go another day without explaining himself.\r\n\"I wanted to be caught, your honor,\" Cyrus said from his wheelchair last month at the federal courthouse in Springfield.\"I wanted to get some help from the United States government.\"\r\nA masked Cyrus robbed the Central Bank on James Epps Road in Branson on Oct. 16, pointing what he says wasa plastic BBgunat the tellers.\r\nThe reason he committed the crime, he said, was to get access to health care in the federal prison system.\r\nContinue reading here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/old-man-wanted-more-than-money-in-branson-bank-robbery"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1902648732066154, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}