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A pizza delivery man who robbed a bank and was killed by a bomb locked to his neck was once arrested after allegedly threatening neighbors and a judge, according to a police report. Brian Wells apparently called a judge in 1991, saying he wanted his neighbors evicted from their home in Erie or he would "put a bullet in their heads," the Erie Times-News reported Saturday, citing a police report. Wells, 46, died Aug. 28 after robbing a bank near Erie. Before he died, Wells told police he had been forced to rob the bank by someone who locked the...

2 Men Sought in Bomb Death After Robbery By JAMES DAO ASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — The F.B.I. today released drawings of two men wanted for questioning in a bank robbery in Erie, Pa., last month that resulted in the death of a pizza deliveryman. The victim, Brian D. Wells, was killed when a bomb locked around his neck exploded shortly after he robbed a PNC Bank on Aug. 28. Before he died, Mr. Wells told the police that he had been forced by unknown assailants to wear the weapon and rob the bank. Investigators said today in a news conference...

<p>Cops are baffled by the case of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells.</p> <p>September 7, 2003 -- ERIE, Pa. - Four hidden keys may have saved Brian Wells from being blown up by the pipe bomb that was shackled to his neck. Wells was the 46-year-old pizza delivery man who was killed by the bomb 40 minutes after robbing a PNC Bank in Erie on Aug. 28.</p>

FBI Raids Erie Home After Man's Bombing Death Man Robs Bank, Dies With Bomb Strapped To Body Gina Redmond POSTED: 5:35 p.m. EDT September 5, 2003 UPDATED: 5:42 p.m. EDT September 5, 2003 PITTSBURGH -- Late Friday afternoon, the FBI raided another house in downtown Erie in search of answers in a pizza delivery man's death. And there's another bizarre twist to the death of Brian Wells, who was killed by a bomb that blew up after he robbed an Erie bank last week. Police said Wells was carrying a second customized weapon during the bank robbery. The transcript from...

FBI appeals for help after pizza man 'forced to rob bank' is killed by bomb fixed around his neck By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 03 September 2003 The FBI has released pictures of a metal collar that was found fixed around the neck of pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank and then died when a bomb that was locked to the collar exploded. State troopers arrested Brian Wells shortly after he robbed a bank outside the town of Erie in Pennsylvania last Thursday. He told the officers that he had been forced to rob the bank and that he was...