david potchen , who robbed a bank in merrillville , indiana , last june , now has a job as a welder and is staying out of trouble after receiving help from family members that he attempted to rob a local chase bank so that he could go back to prison , is now employed and living with the support of his relatives that potchen , who was originally sentenced for a 2000 bank robbery , had been making $ 8.29 an hour in prison but had trouble finding a job on his release .