Rip Torn Arrested for Armed Bank Break-In

Emmy-winning actor attempts a booze-inspired bank robbery in Connecticut

By Jefferson Reid, Megan Masters Jan 30, 2010 8:05 PMTags
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So much for aging gracefully.

Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn was arrested Saturday for allegedly breaking into a bank in Salisbury, CT., where he's a resident, confirms local newspaper, The Register Citizen.

In what was reportedly a booze-inspired bank job, a police statement says that cops responded to an alarm at 9:40 last night where they found Torn "with a loaded revolver, and was highly intoxicated."

The many charges against the 78-year-old Men in Black star include carrying a firearm while intoxicated, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree criminal trespass, first-degree burglary, and third-degree criminal mischief.

Torn has had several brushes with the law over the past few years, including a dismissed 2004 drunken driving charge, and a 2007 guilty plea of being "ability impaired" while operating a vehicle.

He is currently being held on a $100,000 cash bond, and is set to appear in court Monday, Feb. 1.

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Wonder if Torn's newest mug-shot will top some of the others in our Mug-Shot Mania photo gallery?

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