Posted on 02/17/2007 8:59:58 AM PST by Cagey
PITTSBURGH - Federal authorities have figured out how a pizza deliveryman wound up in the middle of a bizarre bank robbery scheme that ended with a bomb around his neck exploding, and the identities of the plotters, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Brian Wells, 46, robbed a suburban Erie bank on Aug. 28, 2003, with the bomb attached to his neck and then was killed when it exploded as he sat handcuffed in a parking lot while police waited for a bomb squad.
No one was charged as authorities struggled to determine who was behind the plot and whether Wells was an innocent victim or willing participant.
But the case has been solved and indictments are expected, likely by next month, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan was to make an official announcement at a Friday afternoon news conference.
The law enforcement official told the AP that Buchanan would not disclose what the investigators concluded, but would say that the government is confident they know how and why Wells died.
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In this photo released Sept. 17, 2005, by the FBI, Brian Wells, 46, of Erie, Pa., carries a plastic bag of cash after robbing the PNC Bank in Summit Towne Centre in Erie on Aug. 28, 2003. Wells is shown sucking on a lollipop inside the bank, wearing a collar bomb and carrying a cane-shaped firearm. View related photos
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remember seeing this on America's Most Wanted. What a weird deal.
Colonel Mustard. In the parlor. With the candlestick.
"We solved it but we won't tell you what it was about, we won't clear his name, we won't tell you because you can't handle the truth."
If indictments are expected, that means he didn't do it on his own. It's hard to believe he would have voluntarily committed suicide, but it's such a bizarre case that it wouldn't surprise me.
Well that clears tings up /sarc
Tease.
Living proof that pizza is hazardous to your health.
I remember this from the day it happened. I really felt sorry for the poor guy with the bomb around his neck. Couldn't believe it when the damned thing went off. What a shame.
Really...why even publish the story if you haven't got anything to say about it?
Not exactly...
Yeah, this was really weird. I've wondered what happened to the investigation and whether or not this guy was really vicitimized like he said before the bomb went off.
I guess they want us to know that they know
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President Clinton. In the Oval Office. With the cigar.
There was a TV show on this some time ago - the place in the woods he was delivering the pizza to was very close to a shack of some kind that had been used by a couple with a known criminal history and familiarity with making improvised explosive devices. I seem to recall that stuff was found in the shack that could have been used to make parts of the bomb the dude was tied to. I think we'll find out that this poor man was indeed murdered.
It was certainly a bizarre and puzzling case.
I am looking forward to finding out what really happened.
IT Is odd he is casually sucking lollipop like he doesn't have a care in the world
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