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pizza man bomb-collar photo released
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Posted on 09/02/2003 11:15:47 AM PDT by evets
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bankrobber; bankrobbery; bombsquad; brianwells; brianwellsdeath; conspiracy; crime; domesticbombing; drugconnection; erie; fbi; homicide; hostage; kidnapping; pennsylvania; pizzabomber; pizzabombing; pizzadeliveryman
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To: weegee; Velveeta
Thanks
that does look like a pretty complicated device.
To: Lazamataz
Thanks for the closer picture.
I recant my suggestion that the bomb shelf was bent back into position after the explosion.
I notice that the bomb wires go through the collar itself.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:41:50 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: _Jim
NEVER MIND the compressed CO2 cylinders used on most soda fountains ...I've seen those cylinders, but never that clamp. This looks to be relatively specialized equipment.
However -- I am a fair man -- I do think it might be possible to quietly acquire one of these from a junkyard. So an untracable acquisition could occur.
I am undecided. You seem to be decided. I certainly am not at all influenced by your rush to judgement. I'll let the authorities work.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:42:01 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: Lazamataz
This one is hard to figure.
If the pizza guy conceived the plan, why actually use real material and set the bomb? Was he concerned police might see through it if he didn't make it real?
If it was a case of innocent pizza guy, and masterbrain bank robber, then it will happen again. (unless the real robber is out of dough)
Question: Did the money blow up with the pizza guy? (I know, I am going back to read all pertinent data, so I won't be so ignorant next time I reply).
To: _Jim
I win.A legend in your own mind, y'are. :o)
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:42:49 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: OXENinFLA
Thanks for posting the pic. Someday I'll learn how. Did you see the second pic there as well? The 2nd pic has the timer mechanism.
To: _Jim
WHY wasn't this guy working on a DESCRIPTION for the police while he waited for the bomb squad if he was actually kidnapped for this robberyYou don't think the police asked him about this?
To: UCANSEE2
I doubt that the money blew up. The man was apprehended and in handcuffs when he died. Even if the money was on him (unlikely), his body was not destroyed in the blast.
He sounds like he was apprehended quickly and I doubt that he stashed the money in a "drop spot" first.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:45:00 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: Lazamataz
A compilation of Jim's posts have shown the use of phrases such as "Student"......"I'll check your work"......."Occam's Razor"......"Arriving at an answer"....."Mental State"(and combining mental state with Occam's Razor is not very consistant).....
Jim is a faculty memeber somewhere. I just can't pin it down. His comments on state of mind indicate a psychology discipline.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:45:02 PM PDT
by
blackdog
("I hope that it's only amnesia, my friends think I'm permanantly insane")
To: weegee
What was that before it was a "Bomb Collar"?
It look like a piece of machinery or something that was only slightly modified.
To: evets
OMG. How creepy.
To: Velveeta
< img src="address of pic" >
To: blackdog
Interesting thesis. You'd be a good forensic email analyst.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:47:08 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: Velveeta
This image of a locking mechanism was released by the FBI at a press conference in Erie, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003. The locking mechanism was attached to a collar that was found on the body of pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells after an explosive device attached to the collar detonated killing Wells after a bank robbery Thursday, Aug. 28 in Erie. (AP Photo by Rich Forsgren/Erie Times-News)
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:48:05 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: JerseyHighlander
What kind of player is it? Nothing happens when I click their link.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:48:09 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: JerseyHighlander
What kind of player is it? Nothing happens when I click their link.
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:49:13 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: weegee
I notice that the bomb wires go through the collar itself. Good point. That would make it hard to just clip the wires since one of them will likely set it off automatically. I wonder if the Pizza guy would go to so much trouble to make it hard to defuse.
Here's a story about another one in Colombia in July of this year that the police there were able to defuse.
Police Defuse Collar Bomb in Colombia
To: weegee
Based on your good picture, I see the following was used to modify an existing clamp........
A bending brake to produce the 90 degree bends on the holding bracket. A MIG welder loaded with bronze wire to perform the welds which are of poor quality and not ground to finish quality. A mill was used to modify the clevis pin and to install that little pin. A metal shear had to also be used along with a portaband or permanant metal band saw. FWIW.....
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posted on
09/02/2003 12:50:58 PM PDT
by
blackdog
("I hope that it's only amnesia, my friends think I'm permanantly insane")
To: weegee
IMO, which doesn't mean much, either the pizza guy was telling the truth and the real robber decided to get rid of any evidence (seeing the police with his dupe and his money), or the pizza guy and his coworker dreamed up the plan, using materials available in their business, and the coworker od'd when he saw his buddy explode (triggered by someone's cell phone/similar device inadvertently).
To: weegee
That's creepy
Someone took a bunch of time on this.
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