Martin Schiedermayer (Outagamie Co. Jail)
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The suspect in a bank robbery who told police he did it to be taken to jail rather than be homeless was ordered Wednesday to stand trial.
Martin Scheidermayer is scheduled to return to court Jan. 29 to enter a plea to one count of robbery of a financial institution, court records show.
Scheidermayer allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank, 118 S. State Street — just a block west of the Appleton Police Department headquarters — on Jan. 14. He then waited in a nearby parking lot to be arrested. The $2,000 he took was recovered, the criminal complaint states.
Scheidermayer served a 3 1/2-year prison for a 2011 robbery of the same bank.
In both cases, he cited his poor financial situation as the reason.
According to the criminal complaint for the 2025 robbery,
Sgt. Rosetti asked Martin why he was here today, and Martin responded that he thought he had to take desperate measures. Martin said he lost his job because he took to many sick days and he felt like a rock was now on his chest. Martin thought he could get unemployment but had this fear of being homeless living under a bridge. Martin said he asked himself what was the easiest way to go back to jail because he didn’t want to rob a Kwik trip because someone might pull out a club. He continued they say at a bank they will just give it to you, and he can punch his one way ticket back. Martin said he felt like he would rather be in jail than be homeless. He said when you lose everything that jail isn’t the worst thing.
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