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  • Charges expected in collar bomb case

    07/10/2007 6:58:55 PM PDT · by 2dogjoe · 5 replies · 989+ views
    CNN ^ | July 10, 2007 | Kelli Arena
    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two people are expected to be charged Wednesday in connection with the bizarre 2003 case in which a pizza deliveryman died after a collar bomb attached to him exploded, CNN has learned. Brian Wells died August 28, 2003, in Erie, Pennsylvania, after he claimed gunmen grabbed him, locked the bomb around his neck and ordered him to rob a bank. Police detained him following the robbery, and the device exploded as he waited on the pavement. A bomb squad was en route to the scene but did not arrive in time. Authorities have not said whether they...
  • Delivery Man in Bank Robbery Had Record

    09/21/2003 12:02:05 AM PDT · by MattAMiller · 18 replies · 294+ views
    Centre Daily/AP ^ | Sep. 20, 2003
    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...