Pizza Bomber
The Pennsylvania Pizza Bomber case came one step closer to final resolution as one of the co-defendants, Kenneth Barnes, pleaded guilty to the 2003 bank robbery plot.
Fast Facts
- Kenneth Barnes plead guilty on September 1, 2008
- Charged with conspiring to rob a bank and aiding and abetting
- Faces maximum sentence of life in prison
- Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong is accused of being the mastermind behind the bank robbery
Background
On August 28, 2003, Brian Wells was forced by gunmen to attach a collar-bomb around his neck. Wells, a pizza delivery man by trade, was then forced to attempt a bank robbery near Erie, Pennsylvania. Wells was taken into police custody, but the timed explosive device detonated before the bomb squad could arrive to remove it from his neck. Wells was 46 at the time of his death.1
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Erie Collar-Bomb Case | Kenneth Barnes | Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong | Brian Wells
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