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Officially retired Predators GM David Poile and his wife Elizabeth Poile poses for a portrait inside the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. I realized a lot of things that were wrong with me as a person. If you were one of the much-smaller-than-expected group of people who caught Masterminds at the theater this weekend, and are looking for a fact-check of the events depicted on screen, here are some of the highlights of our chat with Diamant. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near the island resort of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said. It has a lot of things youll look for in a storya little romance, money, adventure and travel. I just sat back and waited on my money. . LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. 1) David Ghantt is underpaid and unhappy. I was standing there at the time with this hug spear in my hand. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. You can't get barbecue slaw in this hedonistic state (Florida), and there's nowhere to get real ice cream here like Tony's. But Ghantt has been open about what he did and how he believes it changed him for the better. 43-year-old Margret and her mother both died in 2012 . But, thats a huge amount of money that would just disappear. Although the FBI investigation was able to quickly connect Ghantt to Campbell, connecting Ghantt to Chambers was a more difficult task. 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. 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. No idea. David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis), an employee of Loomis Fargo, robbed his own vault, left the $17.3 million in cash with his co-conspirators, Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig) and Steve Chambers (Owen Wilson) and fled the country to Mexico. 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. 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. Quizs imagin al protagonista. Q: Do you appreciate your normal life now more than you would if you hadn't spent years in prison? Then you end up in a eight by ten cube and youre going to share that cube with two other people. I was shocked. After the robbery, Ghantt took off to Mexico. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. Good question , Oddly most employers are very understanding as long as you are honest with them up front . Guess what? Q: Do you ever think about what your life would be like if you had gotten away with the money? They kept several furnishings from the previous owners, including a painting of Elvis Presley on black velvet. David Ghantt: That is the like the number two question that everyone asks me. Jokes soon followed the news of how Chambers and his former wife spent their ill-gotten gain. David Ghantt commits the second largest bank heist in US history . #CLXGaming#CLXRa#evokethegods 1 2 More than 20 people ended up in the FBI's dragnet. Hes way smarter than youd think he would be because he tends to play Bozos. shes now Miss USA. 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. Investigators also found Ghantt's pickup truck, abandoned at the warehouse. 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. And, with the help of several others David made off with $17.3 million dollars, 11 million of which was in 20's. You can reach Kevin Ellis at 704-869-1823 or www.Twitter.com/TheGazetteKevin. For the New York State assemblyman, see. 44:28. In real life: False. He then proceeded to load about $17.3 million in cash (approximately $11 million of which was in $20 bills) into the back of a company van. Then, keeping with the plan, Ghantt took $50,000 (the maximum that could by law be taken across the border without further authorization) with him and left for Mexico, winding up at the popular Yucatan Peninsula resort-island of Cozumel. 2023 www.gastongazette.com. (The conversation was depicted as 100 percent private on screen). David Ghantt: In my way of thinking, you are part of the story and people will talk about you regardless. The true part is that Kelly did say, Did you try the backdoor? They were ready to set the van on fire for real. David Ghantt was the vault supervisor for Loomis, Fargo & Co. armored cars, which managed the transportation of large sums of cash between banks in North Carolina. Congratulations Dave - very well done. You'd be amazed at how much stress you can relieve yourself from in your life by just taking 20 or so minutes a day for yourself and just letting the world go. There was no sign of forced entry into the building, but surveillance tapes and photographs showed a man believed by authorities to be Ghantt putting bags of money onto a cart in the vault at Loomis, Fargos offices in Charlotte, and then into the company van. Al momento de dar su gran golpe en 1997, un robo de ms de 17 millones de dlares, David Ghantt probablemente pens que su historia terminara en una pelcula. Fried chicken, cornbread and cake what brings you back to this Charlotte restaurant. When they painted the cars, they were the wrong shake. They obviously werent trying to get it right they were putting together what they believe is a better story, said Diamant. The amount of money stolen is correct. I also explained to Owen [Wilson] on what it was like to be in Federal prison. When to set your clocks for daylight saving time, Novant to take over two hospital systems near Charlotte in a $320 million deal. Also famous for (at least with his friends and family) finally getting his first book finished.Current Life: Wooer of the Wife, Drinker of Coffee, Father, Gamer, Photographer, Fisherman, Gentleman, Mastermind of this book ;-). Alert: Obviously, spoilers abound. Ghantt, in order to conserve this money, curtailed his spending. His accomplices included coworker Kelly Campbell, as well as friends Steve and Michelle Chambers. David Ghantt commits the second largest bank heist in US history. GASTONIA - Nancy Carolyn Ghantt, 71, died September 6, 2018. Ghantt labeled himself as a jerk who was dissatisfied with his life before stealing the money. LRM: You did serve time in Federal prison and it was a very well-known bank robbery. The movie was overly silly and, based on a post-screening conversation with former Observer reporter Jeff Diamant who wrote a detailed 279-page book about the occasionally funny but mostly just-plain fascinating crime, titled Heist much of what wound up in the film is fiction. Well, it's 'based' on a true event, and there are accurate bits sprinkled throughout. They received sentences and probation ranging from several years to 11 years and three months in federal prison for Steve Chambers, who was also fined more than $3,500,000. My wife and I are starting a microbusiness. David Ghantt: The number one question is usually, What made you do it?. (Source: People) David GhanttRetweeted Iraqveteran8888 @Iraqveteran8888 Dec 9, 2022 Elect me President and I'll fire everyone, free Julian Assange, and pardon Edward Snowden. You've decided to give up on a part of your life. Wichita Eagle, Thursday, June 29, 1995 Bullock, David N., 63, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. sheet metal worker, died Tuesday, June 27, 1995. She was devastated, Diamant said. Day in and day out, he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other peoples money with no escape in sight. You look nothing like Zach? Until it's gone, you don't appreciate it. 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. 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. The Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery was a robbery of $17.3 million in cash from the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis, Fargo & Co. on the evening of October 4, 1997, by vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt, his married girlfriend Kelly Campbell (a former Loomis co-worker), Steve Chambers, his wife Michelle Chambers, Michael Gobbies and four other co-conspirators. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small.". The Associated Press contributed to this report. I'll take the live one. David Ghantt (@DavidGhantt) is a man that still holds the record for the second largest bank heist on American Soil. His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. Service 11 a.m. Saturday . In the end, it is a good story. He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. We're always making new tools to help you discover, save, and share your favorite books. 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. Ghantt was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. 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. Its comedy. David Ghantt: I think its a great story. Any truth to that? What are Jandice and Kelly up to now? In real life: Mostly true. I was taken back. Here's whatGhantt says now about the heist that madethe "Cramer Mountain Hillbillies" famous and changed him forever. All but one of the defendants pleaded guilty. The contents were missing. He then began loading $17 million in unmarked bills inside a company van before driving away. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. 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. LRM: True. Two days later, when the FBI found the Loomis Fargo armored van, they discovered almost $3.3 million in cash left in the back of the van; it was later discovered that the thieves had miscalculated the sheer bulk of the small denomination currency, and that they simply left the cash that they could not take with them in the back of the van. David Ghantt : I had a hard time liftin' it up. The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. Gov. When they showed the mansion scene, the great big velvet Elvis painting was for real. You know as well as I doits Hollywood. I told them that this was the color regiment. He was angry a lot. Everything changes when he meets Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig), a new employee at his bank, Loomis Fargo. In 1997, Loomis Fargo employee David Ghantt robbed the armored car company of $17 million. 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.. No idea where it is I only ever had what I took with me and what was sent to me. Answer: The painful one is getting caught. I got to eat my meal perfectly, but every 5 minutes, someone wanted to shoot a selfie with Zach or an autograph from Zach. 121 90 1,443 Show this thread David GhanttRetweeted C.A. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760. Masterminds was a fun movie. The van used to move the money was later located a few miles from the warehouse. LRM: So tell me on where are you now? Back in 1997, David Ghantt, a resident of Kings Mountain and Gulf War veteran, was finishing up his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo when he started to load nearly $17 million into a company van and drove away. LRM: Obviously, this is comedy and not a documentary. David Ghantt talks to us about his part in the robbery of Loomis Fargo where he stole over 17 Million Dollars & the events that transpired soon after.Like u. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. While Ghantt spent more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison, he said he usedthat time to"re-invent" himself. Born in Bristol, Mary was a resident of this area until the late '90s, after which she moved to Susquehanna t I got no real complaints, not at this point., The heist became the premise for the movie,Masterminds, released in September 2016. Chambers would then occasionally wire Ghantt money and see to his basic financial needs; when "the heat was off," Ghantt was to re-enter the U.S. and the money would be split up among all of the co-conspirators. Charlotte hotel chef who serves with a smile recognized as outstanding ambassador, Eritrean, Ethiopian restaurant owner was a big brother and father to many in Charlotte, Home tours: This wired-up Weddington smart home has a pool big enough for the neighborhood. 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. LRM: Oh, that is an interesting question. 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. 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 The unlikely suspect in the Charlotte heist was 27-year-old David Scott Ghantt, a quiet, unassuming vault supervisor who earned $360 a week. AMA In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. Just living day-to-day. A lot of people ask me, Oh, do you have any regrets? No, not really. I wanted to change my life. ", "If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about.". David Ghantt: At first, I had a pretty good party. He is now a stepfather to her two daughters, Ethel, 10, and Marnie, 9. Because surprise! Court documents said an informant who was not identified tipped off federal agents about the couples suspicious spending habits. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. 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. The informant ``felt the timing of their sudden wealth certainly aroused suspicion in light of that theft, the affidavit said. David Ghantt: Its a little less dramatic on what they had shown in the movie. Tell us on what was actually real from that movie. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. by Jeff Diamant (left) and Steven Chambers (left) and David Scott Ghantt leave federal court. This story was originally published October 3, 2016, 9:12 PM. I had more than 700 message requests. You said that was the number two question. Of course, the FBI was already aware of Chambers and his free-spending ways, and the murder plot helped federal agents find Ghantt south of the border. We talked about the fiction and fact from the movie. David Ghantt : [voice-over] Steve was a petty thief, mostly known for stealing tiny wheelchairs from pediatric hospitals. David Ghantt: That was the first thing the FBI told me when they had arrested me. 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. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: The Beast Lays On The Charm In New TV Spot. David Ghantt, who pulled off the Loomis, Fargo & Co. vault robbery in 1997 and was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime, served as a consultant for the film (in theaters Friday).. Mary E. Ghantt, 38, died Tuesday in Scranton after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. So he hatched a plan to rob his employers. Galifianakis will play the armored car driver, David, who evades authorities, will be searching for his co-conspirators who betrayed him, Kelly (Kristen Wiig) and Steve (Owen Wilson). With a star-studded cast including Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis and director Jared Hess, Masterminds was bound for comedic success. He pleaded guilty in January to charges of kidnapping, money laundering and interfering with interstate commerce. A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. How accurate was the movie? Now looking back, with the life I have now, Ive got a great family, got a great kid. A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about. Oakland Police Department: Above the Law? The Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery was the $17.3 million cash robbery of the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis Fargo & Company on the evening of October 4, 1997, by armored car driver and vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt.An FBI criminal investigation (which became international in scope) ultimately resulted in the arrest and conviction of eight people . Like I said before, money does weird things to people. 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. The Chambers moved from a trailer into a mansion, which alerted the FBI to their newfound wealth. I even helped them design the set, where he breaks into the vault. In real life: False. According to court documents, federal agents began looking at the spending habits of Steven and Michelle Chambers after being tipped by a confidential informant about their "sudden wealth." Grants brother, Eric Scott Grant, also was in federal custody but it could not be determined late Monday whether he was charged in the scheme. I might even have more these days. David Ghantt: Well, my compatriots did lock themselves out of the van. Ghantt was in fact hiding out in Mexico using McKinneys I.D., which had been sold to Chambers months earlier. "Miscavige is a recluse now the same way Hubbard was at the end," said Mike Rinder, the former media spokesman . I run the heavy equipment. Ghantt @ChristyGhantt Dec 7, 2022 I just entered the @clxgaming Ra PC Giveaway! He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. Where ever it was, it is long gone now. LRM: Do you still have that well-known fame today after being a free man? They took a lot of liberty with the story here and there. Authorities seized several vehicles and the contents of nine safe deposit boxes. Both were involved in the second-largest cash heist in U.S. history, in which a group of people stole $17 million from the. How Bridgerton restarted buzz about her ancestry. Ghantt had worked with the branch since 1994, and had been promoted from a driver to the vault supervisor. David Ghantt: No, I havent talked to them in a very long time. Masterminds follows the [] MASTERMINDS is based on a true story about a Loomis Fargo robbery, in which a small group successfully stole $17 millionmaking it the second largest bank heist in history back in 1997. The company reported the theft the next day, saying one of its vans was missing. David Ghantt was portrayed by Zackary Hatfield. 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. Chambers himself was a former FBI informant who had provided information on a then future Loomis armored car robbery that never happened, court documents stated. "He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. I gave him the short synopsis. [7][8], Rocket Science, a 1998 double-disc album by Charlotte-based radio personalities John Boy & Billy, includes a track ("Marvin: The Loomis Caper") mocking the defendants. In real life: Yes and no. The movie is hilarious. If you know, you know. Why did this Charlotte engineer leave her job? 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. 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. Ms. Campbell worked at Loomis for 11 months, leaving in November 1996, according to court papers. Inequality is Weakening Social Security. One of them went into a bank and asked, How much money can I deposit before you call the IRS? Its things like that. 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. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, David Ghantt was the mastermind behind the 3rd largest bank robbery in U. He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. With the plan in place, Ghantt sent a newly employed co-worker home early (reportedly at 6 p.m) who had been assigned to train with him. 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. $17 Million and Change. Growing Backlash to Montanas GOP-Controlled Legislature, Gee Its Nice Your State is Blue, the War on Abortions Still Coming for You. What did you have to do to survive? Steven Chambers, left, and David Scott Ghantt leave federal court. In Kukulcan Plaza in Cancun, Mexico, they had a small Internet caf. What happened to the 2 mil that is still unaccounted for? Chambers got 11 years. Has this affected your ability to get a job? HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP5 . Chambers had no intention of following those rules, believing the FBI would never connect him to Ghantt. Hes a great person. I was also made myself available on set in case if someone wanted to talk to me. Heist! 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. He also took various measures to change his appearance, such as shaving, after a patron at a restaurant pointed out to him that he "looked like the man who robbed a bank of $20 million. At the time it was thesecond largest bank heistin U.S. history. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP8. 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. I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP6. Ghantt, a U.S. Army veteran, was living a relatively "boring" life working as the vault superintendent at a Loomis Fargo armored car warehouse just outside Charlotte, North Carolina making a. Jandice : In any case, we got to talkin' afterwards, and I thought, well, that one's dead, this one's alive. Although the history of the predecessor Wells Fargo & Company dates back to 1852, Loomis Fargo & Company was established in 1997 by the consolidation of Wells Fargo Armored Service and Loomis Armored Inc.; the resulting corporation employed 8,500 people and provided armored transportation, cash handling services, and automatic teller machine maintenance. 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. Was Queen Charlotte Black? The Bank Job (2008) Image via Lionsgate. David Ghantt: My standard answer now is [to say] that the person I was thenI am certainly not that person now. With the bandits blowing millions on lavish and ridiculous luxuries, they leave behind a glaring trail of evidence. Why would you want this story to be told and to enjoy this? When McKinney realized Ghantt was wanted for the Loomis Fargo robbery, he backed off personally because he didnt want to be anywhere near a federal investigation. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere. 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. A: I hate to think about what I'd be doing if I hadn't gotten caught. 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. That was probably the first thing. Thats my standard answer these days. I would like to think, in my heart-to-heart, he wasnt going [to kill me]. I cut out a lot of partying and stuff that wastes my spending. Saffron Burrows plays . Thats some of my work. This Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the notorious Loomis Fargo heist. 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. He said he put that amount of money in a storage building. A: Zach and I have a runningtext conversation going, but he's very busy. They were ordered held without bail Monday until a hearing on Thursday. 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