An apparent attempt to rob a Papa John's pizza restaurant in Montana's capital went awry when the would-be robber started to cry.

A man entered the restaurant and gave the cashier a note demanding money. He later broke down and confessed he was doing the deed for his wife and child.

"The clerk talked to him for a while," Helena Police Chief Troy McGee told the Independent Record, and determined that some free pizza, wings, and soda – to go – are what he really needed.

(READ the KTVH story from MSNBC)