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Bank robbery was ‘crime of despair’ after years in prison, attorney says
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A 48-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for robbing a Grand Rapids bank. (MLive File Photo)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A man who has spent much of his adult life locked up was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for robbing a Fifth Third Bank in Grand Rapids.
Kimatha Roderico Smith, 48, of Grand Rapids, was on supervised release in an earlier holdup when he robbed the bank at 700 Bridge St. NW, on Nov. 2.
He was desperate for cash. After finishing a lengthy prison sentence, he wasn’t equipped for a return to society, his attorney said.
Third bank robbery called ‘crime of despair,’ brings man 12½ years in prison
Kimathi Roderico Smith got $791 from a November bank robbery in Grand Rapids; he was on probation at the time for robbing a nearby bank in 2008.
Credit: Kent County Jail
Kimathi Smith was charged in the Nov. 2, 2020 robbery at a Fifth-Third branch on Bridge Street NW Author: John Hogan Updated: 4:15 PM EDT April 16, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Months after his release from federal prison for bank robbery, Kimathi R. Smith found himself in the middle of a pandemic and struggling to survive.
So, he returned to old habits and robbed a bank.