article_snippet: Robinet served around 13 years in prison for the crime, in which Robinet, an accomplice and getaway driver stole $33,500 in a bid to pay for acting classes at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
article_snippet: While in federal prison in Rochester, Minnesota, the bank robber known as Robinet was assigned to the mental health unit.
article_snippet: Medical staff there determined the bank robber known as Robinet was suffering from 'a mental disease or defect' that required treatment in a psychiatric hospital, documents show.
article_snippet: After the bank robber known as Robinet release from federal prison Robinet spent six months in a halfway house before being fully released in May 2014, said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons.
article_snippet: Because of a 2001 Supreme Court ruling on the rights of 'stateless' people, Robinet was set free.
article_snippet: The head of the Union Rescue Mission, outside which Robinet was shot, told Reuters that Robinet had been living in a tent outside the mission for weeks and had a history of violent, erratic behavior.
highlights_snippet: Police say Robinet tried to grab a gun, but footage sparked angry protests .
  
highlights_snippet: Police were trying to arrest Robinet for not reporting to probation officials .
  
highlights_snippet: Robinet stole $33,500 in 2000 to fund acting classes at Beverly Hills Playhouse .
  
highlights_snippet: Robinet served 13 years' jail for armed robbery and had mental health issues .
  