1997 - David Scott Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis) thought being an armored car driver would be a dream come true. The scary one is stealing the money. Its the small things like that. In the meantime, Ghantt's wife reported him missing and the CMPD had found his . The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. Born in Bristol, Mary was a resident of this area until the late '90s, after which she moved to Susquehanna t Until it's gone, you don't appreciate it. Additionally, we also discussed about his life in Mexico, the discoveries, and his life today after all this fame. At one point, the hoodlum shows up and Ghantt is wearing a Jerome Bettis Pittsburgh Steelers jersey; the hoodlums favorite team is the Steelers, and he caves and tells Ghantt that McKinney wants him dead. The FBI investigation was aided by the gang's extravagant spending. This Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the notorious Loomis Fargo heist. Any truth to that? Sixteen others who were indirectly involved were convicted and federal agents recovered most of the money. In real life: False. He was angry a lot. A movie based on the heist starring Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones and directed by Jared Hess (the guy who made Napoleon Dynamite) is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. How did it actually feel when the FBI took you in? The plan was for Ghantt to commit the robbery and then quickly leave the country for Mexico but to leave the bulk of the cash with Chambers. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM MASTERMIND MOVIE. Philosophically, now looking back I wouldnt be who I am now if I hadnt gone through all that, said David Scott Ghantt in an interview with the Observer. David Harbour and Lily Allen are currently together. David Ghantt normally came home between 6 and 8 p.m., and often he was late, his wife said. Authorities say Steve. Guess what? Authorities found Ghantts unlocked red pickup truck near the Loomis building. I realized a lot of things that were wrong with me as a person. So he hatched a plan to rob his employers. Chambers finished serving his prison sentence in November 2006 and told the Associated Press in 2009 he was "changed.". Seven others were convicted in direct connection with the heist. Following romance reports in 2019, the Stranger Things actor and vocalist married in Las Vegas in September 2020. Campbell used part of her share of the money to buy a Toyota Sienna minivan in two cash installments. A: Zach and I have a runningtext conversation going, but he's very busy. "A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. When to set your clocks for daylight saving time, Novant to take over two hospital systems near Charlotte in a $320 million deal. Then you end up in a eight by ten cube and youre going to share that cube with two other people. I learned that I was an a--hole. Fried chicken, cornbread and cake what brings you back to this Charlotte restaurant. David, now 30, says he's sorry he abandoned his wife--who he says still loves him--and his family. "They were short staffed and I noticed a lot of. Eventually, federal agents found Ghantt, thanks to uncovering a plot for an assassin to hunt and kill him in Mexico. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near the island resort of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said. The unlikely suspect in the Charlotte heist was 27-year-old David Scott Ghantt, a quiet, unassuming vault supervisor who earned $360 a week. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP7. I did get to spend a good amount of time on the set in North Carolina and having a movie based on my story was a bit surreal and a bit funny to be honest. If you know, you know. Both were involved in the second-largest cash heist in U.S. history, in which a group of people stole $17 million from the. The company reported the theft Oct. 5. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small.". Despite a mega-watt cast featuring Zach Galifianakis and a handful of some of Saturday Night Lives biggest current and former stars, Masterminds, the comedy about Loomis Fargo robbery completely tanked at the box office in its opening weekend, bowing in sixth place with just $6.6 million. The company reported the theft Oct. 5. shes now Miss USA. Ghantt was the vault manager. The British spy group MI5 is interested in a safety deposit box in this highly fictionalized version of an actual London robbery. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP5 . 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Chambers was always considered the "mastermind" behind the theft, but he doesn't talkmuch about his Loomis heist days, not even when actor Owen Wilson portrayed him in the 2016comedy about the heist titled"Masterminds.". Ghantt, a decorated Army veteran who served in the Persian Gulf war repairing helicopters, was charged in October with bank larceny, sparking an intense manhunt. LRM: Were you actually concerned that you were one of the most wanted man in the United States while you were in Mexico? Search warrants also were executed at Ghantts home in North Carolina, federal officials said. All ofWCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. I was like, Okay.. Now Playing. I did do a lot of diving down in Mexico, which is a great diving spot. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kelly Campbell, the woman who helped plan the $17 million robbery of armored-car company Loomis, Fargo was sentenced yesterday to nearly six years in prison and ordered to pay back more than $4 million. One day, he went to check on it and the lock had been cut. He is now a stepfather to her two daughters, Ethel, 10, and Marnie, 9. From there, the money was moved from the company vehicle to private vehicles. Ghantt added, I really enjoyed the movie. At the. David Scott Ghantt Ghantt, his former co-worker Kelly Campbell and her friends Steve and Michelle Chambers carried out the Loomis Fargo heist on Oct. 4, 1997. While Ghantt spent more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison, he said he usedthat time to"re-invent" himself. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday on an island off the Mexican coast, near the resort city of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said today. His accomplices included coworker Kelly Campbell, as well as friends Steve and Michelle Chambers. [1], This robbery was the second-largest cash robbery on U.S. soil at the time, as only seven months earlier, on March 29, 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, Philip Noel Johnson stole $18.8 million from the Loomis Fargo armored vehicle he was driving.[2]. I mean, thats pretty much why I did it. For a time, it was nicknamed "the hillbilly heist" because nearly all of the major players in the case came from small towns around Charlotte. When I interviewed for this job about three years ago, I told (my boss) that I had some dirt in my background, and if he went digging for it, he would find it. Follow him on twitter: @MSainat1, 20 Years Later: Masterminds of One of the Largest Bank Heists in U.S. History, The CIAs Changing Take on the Climate Emergency, Emancipation, Hollywoods Best Civil War Film Ever. A Dangerous Fishing Expedition: The Select Committee on China, Spying on Muslims, Good; Spying on Christians, Bad, Climate Code Red Analysis and Sea Level Warnings, Nichole Stephens, Administrative Assistant. The painful part is that when you get caught, that the part of your brain that was trying to talk to you when you first started the robbery was right, and that's like a dump truck running over you. Also Monday, seven people believed to be involved in the scheme were arrested in North Carolina. With egg prices on the rise, are more people buying chickens? It wasa painful process, but I learned to be happy with me and with what I've got. But it was Ghantt, now 47 and living with his wife and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida,who actually took more than 2,000 pounds of cash and just drove away from his job. You know as well as I doits Hollywood. The affidavits also alleged lavish spending by the six, including the Chambers who moved out of a trailer and paid cash for a $635,000 home shortly after the robbery. LRM: You did serve time in Federal prison and it was a very well-known bank robbery. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, David Ghantt was the mastermind behind the 3rd largest bank robbery in U. Twenty-one people were charged and convicted in the . At first, David Ghantt said, "I didn't take her seriously. The van used to move the money was later located a few miles from the warehouse. After the robbery, Ghantt took off to Mexico. Saffron Burrows plays . Iraqi war vet, David Ghantt, was a guard at the Loomis Fargo cash vault in Charlotte in October 1997 when he decided to steal 17-million-dollars. by Jeff Diamant (left) and Steven Chambers (left) and David Scott Ghantt leave federal court. I had more than 700 message requests. David Ghantt struck up a relationship with fellow Loomis Fargo employee Kelly Campbell, and they continued to maintain contact even after Campbell left the company. I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal. I ended up buying a small sailboat and go out to catch lunch. The couple was married for 22 years before her untimely death in 2012. The only defendant to not plead guilty, Chambers's attorney Jeff Guller, was found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to eight years in prison. Gov. LRM: For whatever its worth, its a good answer. FBI agents arrived first, which marked the beginning of the end. Now, here we are, two years later. Good question , Oddly most employers are very understanding as long as you are honest with them up front . Ghantt plead guilty to his charges andserved six years in prison, along with21 other defendantswho received chargesrangingfrom money laundering to bank larceny. FBI agents pulled stolen cash out of barrels they had stashed around their home. Ghantt reported to Chambers that his supply of money was running low, but Chambers sent Ghantt just $8,000. To me, [all of this] was a business deal between the original three of us. No. The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Kate McKinnon and Jason Sudeikis. DeSantis: Youre a History Grad. The FBI, in fact, obtained the evidence they needed to bring down the major players, including Chambers, after catching them talking about the murder plot on the telephone via wiretap. Ghantt had a lot of help pulling off the heist. Ghantt was. No idea. Directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer and Emily Spivey, the film stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis.. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere. I know your compatriots would like to keep this low key. Despite being caught on camera wheeling the money from the vault to the getaway van, David Ghantt makes off to Mexico before the FBI can blink. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. He was insecure. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. On similar grounds, four other people were ultimately also charged with money laundering. Tony Mendez, long an on-air fixture handling the cue cards for David Letterman on The Late Show, took the wrong cue this week, assaulting staff writer Bill Scheft, a 15-time Emmy nominee, and getti Campbell, 29, had pleaded guilty to charges of bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder. BOSTON (AP) A former eBay Inc. executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a scheme to terrorize the creators of an . Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cash..only problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. Most of the money was in $20 bills, according to the FBI. David Ghantt : [voice-over] Steve was a petty thief, mostly known for stealing tiny wheelchairs from pediatric hospitals. Chambers, who made an ill-fated decision to buy a home in the gated Cramer Mountain community with his newfound wealth, now runsa gym on Lowell-Bethesda Road. He then began loading $17 million in unmarked bills inside a company van before driving away. All rights reserved. Yes, Carrie Underwood adopted a dog in Charlotte. LRM: Obviously, this is comedy and not a documentary. 90 Second Job. An FBI criminal investigation ultimately resulted in the arrest and conviction of eight people directly involved in the heist, as well as sixteen others who had indirectly helped them, and the recovery of approximately 88% of the stolen money. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney, and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most. David Ghantt: I was very sure they [were looking for me]. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A man caught on videotape looting an armored car company vault of $17 million -- one of the biggest thefts of its kind in U.S. history -- has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison. [citation needed], The defendants were the targets of many barbed jokes in Charlotte and across the country, in part because of their extravagant spending. Do you still have contact with him? Authorities said a Loomis employee pulled a gun on two co-workers. 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Wake Up CharlotteToGo is a daily news and weather podcast you can listen to so you can start your day with the team atWake Up Charlotte. LRM had an exclusive phone interview with David Ghantt last week, the real-life culprit who pulled off the successful bank heist. Some received probation for money laundering, many others did hard time. The Bank Job (2008) Image via Lionsgate. Ghantts wife also reported him missing the same day. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. ", After successfully tracing Ghantt's phone call, FBI agents coordinated with Mexican police to arrest Ghantt on March 1, 1998, at Playa del Carmen, a city near Cancun. He had stayed in a luxury hotel and paid for expensive food and activities such as scuba diving and parasailing. Nine other relatives and friends were also charged with money laundering, as they had co-signed for safe deposit boxes used to store some of the money; prosecutors opted to charge them on the grounds that they should have known the money was obtained illegally. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. I cut out a lot of partying and stuff that wastes my spending. David Bowie 's widow recently took to Instagram to post selfies, while promoting both her makeup brand and fashion line. David Harbour with Lily Allen. Five years he told how he explains his past like this: "People are very forgiving if you're open and honest right from the start. Shelly Miscavige, David's wife, has not been seen in public for 15 years. Unfortunately, no one explained that to David Ghantt before he used his position as vault supervisor with Charlotte, N.C.'s Loomis, Fargo & Co. to rob the company of $17 million in 1997. But last Oct. 4, when he still hadn't gotten home by 2:30 a.m., she called his parents in. David Ghantt: My standard answer now is [to say] that the person I was thenI am certainly not that person now. I pretty much let them have their way with it, as you say. Have a good one y'all," wrote David Ghantt on his Facebook page Tuesday morning. Because surprise! The robbery was committed by Loomis vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt, his married girlfriend Kelly Campbell (a former Loomis co-worker), Steven Eugene Chambers (a one-time FBI informant), his wife Michelle Chambers, Michael Gobbies, and four other co-conspirators. All but one of the defendants pleaded guilty. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. We were in Old Fortwhen they were shooting the movie and went out to eat. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. People still laugh when they think of the "velvet Elvis" Chambershad in his Cramer Mountain mansion, or how his former wife showed upat a local bankto deposit wads of cash that she assured the teller was not "drug money.". Q: You came to the North Carolina mountains during Hurricane Irma, but what do you miss about Gastonia? For the New York State assemblyman, see. I stole $17 million, and Zach Galifianakis played me in a movie. [citation needed], It was later confirmed by the FBI that more than 88% of the stolen cash had been located or otherwise accounted for. A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. When I interviewed for this job about three years ago, I told (my boss) that I had some dirt in my background, and if he went digging for it, he would find it. When it comes to crime news, few events have had the longevity or the notoriety of the Loomis Fargo heist, which occurred 25 years ago on Oct. 4, 1997. It was one of the first things they voted on. Its baggeditup.net. David Ghantt: When I first met Zach and sat down to talk about it, he said, You realize Im going to be playing a dumber, clumsier version of you. Its all being part as a comedy and its Hollywood. David Ghantt, a Gulf War veteran, was finishing his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo when he loaded $17 million into a company van and drove away. . Its a yes: Clover teen shakes off nerves to earn American Idol golden ticket, Deputy rapes woman at traffic stop and tells her she wont be charged, Tennessee cops say, Charlotte woman was locked in room for 5 days before police shooting, report shows. Quizs imagin al protagonista. Also famous for (at least with his friends and family) finally getting his first book . I was also made myself available on set in case if someone wanted to talk to me. Yes! Jokes soon followed the news of how Chambers and his former wife spent their ill-gotten gain. Please click here if you want to opt-out. Updated: Sep 29, 2022 / 03:23 PM CDT. They put some elements of the real thing into the movie. The Chambers moved from a trailer into a mansion, which alerted the FBI to their newfound wealth. Ghantt, in order to conserve this money, curtailed his spending. You look nothing like Zach? David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. Service 11 a.m. Saturday . CHARLOTTE, N.C. Tuesday is the 25th anniversary of the infamous Loomis Fargo heist in Charlotte, where a bank worker, with the help of two accomplices, stole almost $17 million before being captured in Mexico. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP8. $7 Million by Air. This story was originally published October 3, 2016, 9:12 PM. It's based on the true story of David Ghantt (Galifianikas), a vault supervisor at the Charlotte Loomis Fargo depository in Uptown Charlotte that was involved in the second largest cash robbery in history, making off with $17.4 million ($25 million today). #CLXGaming#CLXRa#evokethegods 1 2 So my AMA hour is up, thank you all for the great questions and swinging by to Ask Me Anything. I was taken back. (Ghantt works as a heavy machine operator in the construction industry.). I would like to think, in my heart-to-heart, he wasnt going [to kill me]. Other FBI agents, who had wiretaps on Chambers' after being tipped off much earlier about his free-spending ways, were soon searching the expensive Cramer Mountain home he had bought with the proceeds. "I've learned that I'm a fortunate . All David Ghantt ever really wanted was adventure, and he takes the audience along with him for an hour-and-a-half of side-splitting comedy in Masterminds. From Oct. 6 through Feb. 20, the couple made 47 deposits totaling $271,500 at a Belmont bank, and at one point Michelle Chambers tried to get an official bank check with $200,000 in cash, authorities said. It has a lot of things youll look for in a storya little romance, money, adventure and travel. Heist! My Proof: https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760, My AMA time is up now, but thank you all for your participation in the Ask Me Anything session :-). He was released in 2006. David Ray Camm (born March 23, 1964) is a former trooper of the Indiana State Police (ISP) who spent 13 years in prison after twice being convicted of the murders of his wife, Kimberly, and his two young children at their home in Georgetown, Indiana, on September 28, 2000.He was released from custody in 2013 after his third trial resulted in an acquittal. 20 years ago, on the night of October 4, 1997, David Scott Ghantt loaded $17.3 million of cash from the bank vault in Charlotte, North Carolina he was employed to supervise into a van. It was Ghantt, a 27-year-old Army veteran living in Kings Mountain at the time, who loaded up more than 2,000 pounds of cash in a company van and just drove away at the end of his shift as a supervisor at Loomis Fargo. Ghantt labeled himself as a jerk who was dissatisfied with his life before stealing the money. When they painted the cars, they were the wrong shake. People did come up to me and asked me for my autograph. Ghantt was charged in connection with the . The Army veteran and Hunter Huss High graduate was captured in Mexico five months later when one of the others involved in the theft, Steve Chambers, decided he needed to tie up loose ends by having Ghantt killed. I really don't miss that guy. 'The Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts holding his young daughter Seraphina as they arrive at London Airport, October 17th 1969. Back then all I really wanted to do was just, I wanted to change my life. Ms. Campbell worked at Loomis for 11 months, leaving in November 1996, according to court papers. I wouldnt want to change anything. I was standing there at the time with this hug spear in my hand. Then I realized I needed to be more conservative. 121 90 1,443 Show this thread David GhanttRetweeted C.A. David Ghantt: Well, my compatriots did lock themselves out of the van. And it didn't take long to figure out that this was not the place for me. 'Not for lunch' Every time I meet this guy, it was always in a very public place. Ghantt was already married when he took part in the heist, to a woman named Tammy who author Diamant described as very nice. It is true, however, that she had no idea about the plot and that he fled to Mexico without telling her. The only person not to plead guilty in the case, former Gastonia attorney Jeff Guller, ended up doing eight years for money laundering. Was Queen Charlotte Black? They had initially agreed to control their spending for a year or two, in the belief that the government would vigorously track the spending habits of any and all suspects for at least a year before relenting. They took a lot of liberty with the story here and there. I've read that once the FBI actually closed in on you, you were relieved because you were fearing for your life at that point. Being a quasi-famous bank robber and all? I might even have more these days. 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