Clerk of Court Frank Johns of Charlotte. That first day in prison was scary, Ghantt said. ALSO READ: 14-year-old boy robbed at gunpoint while waiting for bus in east Charlotte, mom says. Im a very deliberate person. David was excited, jabbering about their future together. He allegedly hired a hitman to take Ghantt out, tying up the ultimate loose end. Too many questions remained: Where was the cash? 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the year that everything happened 1997. The gang made numerous mistakes. . But it was the rural, Southern backgrounds of many of the key players, along with the many botched twists and bungled turns, that led the media to dub it the hillbilly heist.. He had since served time in prison for the crime and told our sister station WSOC-TV Channel 9s Glenn Counts he learned a valuable lesson while behind bars. By late November, McKinney made a third trip to Mexico, saying he'd help David move to Mexico City. Meanwhile, Steve was keeping a close eye on Kelly. Zach always plays that bumbling kind of lunatic, but hes not, Ghantt says. Ultimately, though, the heist wasnt Ghantts idea, which meant he didnt decide who else was involved. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, Ghantt was the mastermind behind the third-largest bank robbery in U.S. history. A former FBI agent who helped crack the case sat down with Channel 9 Reporter Glenn Counts to talk about the clues that led to solving the crime, and how the group got caught. In Florida, a Loomis Fargo employee had pulled a gun on his coworkers and gotten away with $18 million, a move that FBI agents theorize Ghantt, Campbell and other employees all sat around talking about - and what they would do with that amount of money - for a while. Not every agent has a case like that, he said. But that only tells part of the story. They sweated, though the night was cool. I've got a good woman.". For his part, Ghantt was now officially on his way to Mexico, his future stretched out before him. Her marriage--at which she was making another ambivalent effort after multiple separations--and even the jobs she'd been able to get with a diploma couldn't come close to providing the kind of life she dreamed about, the life she felt she deserved: a house in the country, a swimming pool, and enough cash so she didn't need to rely on men. Agents noticed it two months later when it flowed to them through official channels, along with hundreds of similar reports involving other people. This was in the 1990s the Columbia Airport back then was closed at around 9:30, 10 oclock. David kissed his sleeping wife on the cheek on the morning of Oct. 4. I ride motorcycles and fish -- normal guy, Ghantt told Counts. The problem with the movie, however, is that the talented cast had no idea what the hell they were trying to do. It premiered in Los Angeles on September 26, 2016 and was theatrically released in the . The phone rang: Kelly had a problem. David, now 30, says he's sorry he abandoned his wife--who he says still loves him--and his family. When I put that cash in the back of the car, by the time I got to the office the whole car smelled like that. He learned to parachute. My knee-jerk reaction was to be angry, and then the sarcastic ass side of me started laughing about it, Ghantt said. Three weeks later, the couple purchased, in cash, a $635,000 stone mansion. However, the FBI knew immediately who robbed the vault (Ghant was seen on video camera), and it didnt take long for the FBI to loop in Kelly Campbell. The agents tapped the phone, and it didnt take long to locate Ghantt after that. "But, I hate to admit it, it doesn't faze me one bit. Now, at 7:45 p.m., with all the money finally inside the van, his aching muscles could take a breather. So they went to Mexico and arrested Ghantt in order to protect him. He took bus tours of Mayan ruins. Hes a family man with a wife and daughter. As for his new wife, when the two just started dating, he was nervous about letting her know about his past, but he wanted to be honest. There, Scott and Eric paced the floor as Steve tried to calm them down. David Ghantt was just an average Joe with an average low-wage job. And I said, Hey, man, I got this. I said, Listen, You all need to get your shit together, or Im just going to walk over here to the government building and tell them who the fuck I am. That lit a little fire under her ass, for a bit.. Records show the government has garnished his Social Security checks. You can have your whole career and not have a case like that. First, in January, he tried to get someone to take some millions down to Mexico. Steve solicited two others to help move cash during the theft. Hidden in it was a 3 1/2-carat diamond ring that cost $43,000. To protect themselves, David and Steve didn't meet or talk. That was pretty awesome., It felt like a dream vacation until he started running out of money. Steve told me to tell [David] whatever was necessary to keep him happy.". In the meantime, the FBI was closing in looking to bust a total of 21 suspected accomplices. I made a joke once that was the hardest Id ever worked for Wells Fargo -- yeah, its a lot of work, Ghantt said. As it turned out, Ghantt was zipping up his scuba suit in Mexico. We need to set up some way for me to get my money. She said, We got it all worked out. Masterminds is an atrociously bad comedy, and absolutely everyone is to blame. Ghantt was working a late shift, and just after 6:30 p.m., his coworkers were packing up and heading for home. What purpose does that serve other than to denigrate that person into abject poverty?. The use of this site is restricted to authorized personnel only. "She said, 'What would it take to convince you to do it?' For reasons that remain obscure, Robert spilled the beans to David. . What kind of surprised me is how much the car smelled like money, like if you ever hold money up to your nose it has a distinct smell, Wydra said. In early December, Steve and Michele invited relatives to their daughter's sixth birthday party. 1-4-3 is 'I love you.' his keys and wedding ring. Some days, the robbery seems like a memory from a different life, a choice made by a different man. Her case closes in 2025. Ghantt, his former co-worker Kelly Campbell and her friends Steve and Michelle Chambers, carried out the Loomis Fargo heist on Oct. 4, 1997. Its like, me and you sat down, I have access to pie, you like pie, all I want is my share of the pie. 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Throughout the multi-year-long case and subsequent trials, journalists often referred to Ghantt and the others as trailer trash and hillbillies. What concerned her was the chance of getting caught. One number is working in Campbells favor. Now he offered to pay him to carry cash to David--Steve said he was a friend hiding out after a bad drug deal, McKinney recalled. Then he was driving in the darkness with a van full of cash. When he was done, the man drove off to a nearby printing press, where the money was distributed into private vehicles amongst a handful of people. Thanksgiving and Christmas were difficult. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. They loaded the wine cellar with Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Steve hung a velvet portrait of Elvis Presley in the basement. Nah, it was always about the money, he told the agents. He went deep-sea fishing. Back in North Carolina, Ghantts former accomplices were living high on the hog. The plan was to maintain a low profile and wait for things to cool off, allowing Ghantt to return to the states and collect his cut. When she realized Ghantt never came home from work the night before, she contacted the police and filed a missing persons report. We got this guy named Bruno. By now, you probably know the names -- David Ghantt, Steve Chambers and his wife Michelle, and Kelly Campbell. I did a little research into crime statistics and the local cops. One thing about teammates, in David's view: You could always trust them. In February 1998, the FBI tapped their phones and listened to Steve discuss depositing $2.5 million in the Cayman Islands. That October, the Chamberses' bank accounts ballooned. . One of them tapped him on the back. He quickly found out when you have money, you just have different problems, Wydra said. "But I had to know.". and "I'm rich!". The FBI continues to search for a missing $2 million from the theft. She laughed for like 45 minutes. I missed my wife. Though he never found the right moment to carry out the hit, McKinney did find time to make a friend--a shady character named Robert, to whom he revealed more than was prudent. FBI video shows agents searching the Cramer Mountain home and finding stacks of cash. Two more defendants in the $17 million Loomis Fargo & Co. robbery last year have agreed to plead guilty, and a third person entered a formal plea in court. What it does is put a ball and chain on that person for the rest of their lives, they are walking around and they are basically an indentured servant, Gronquist said. Even still, he was 27, married and struggling to provide for his family. Warning! On March 1, David Ghantt left his hotel to do some laundry. Sandra Floyd, Michele Chambers's mother, remembers the first time she saw the house. Butcher says the federal courts in the Western District of North Carolina have never handled a case quite like Loomis. Federal prosecutors would ultimately charge 21 defendants in the case, including the Floyds, who were charged with (and pleaded guilty to) money laundering. Kelly Loomis. Dustin is the founder and co-owner of Pajiba. . Though Wydra is retired, 25 years ago, he was an agent with the FBI. He had an endearing smile, a beautiful wife and two children. Cool, I say. The case resurfaced in the federal courts on Thursday, Sept. 1, when the U.S. Attorneys Office in Charlotte posted a public reminder in the case file of Loomis defendant Kelly Campbell that she had fallen behind in her restitution. The authorities didn't know yet how much was missing from the armored-car company, but Steve did. Sweat soaked David's uniform. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. . He figured Tammy wouldn't go for it, and though his marriage had been troubled, he wasn't certain he wanted to leave her. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ A woman who helped plan the $17 million robbery of armored car company Loomis, Fargo & Co. was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison and ordered to pay back more than $4 million. Temptation to do something that you think you normally wouldnt do can change a lot of minds when its that kind of cash, and thats what it was., (WATCH BELOW: VIDEO: The Loomis Fargo heist: 25 years later). And though she had been made night shift supervisor at Allied Security, she still felt she would never make the money she needed. And it turned Steve into he thought he was Don Corleone all of a sudden.. "We're not the type that questions everything people tell us," Floyd said. Depression had led to smoking a lot of marijuana and taking Prozac, a combination she figures affected her judgment. . There are multiples of thousands of these things coming every year. He and co-worker Kelly Campbell, 27, had developed a close relationship and were spending time together outside of work. "I was trying to figure out a way to [leave my husband] and take care of my kids without having to depend on him or any other man," Kelly said. One day, Campbell was speaking to an old friend named Steve Chambers. When he walked onto the plane, he was wearing big, tall cowboy boots, where hed stuffed a majority of the smuggled cash. When neighbors asked where they got their money, Steve said hed played in the NFL. I loved it. Thats pretty standard in restitution matters. He didnt even really question me. They agreed that after the heist, David would immediately move to Mexico, alone, but Kelly would soon join him there, with her two children. As with many recent historic events, this one had been caught on videotape, a fact that a few dozen Charlotte FBI agents would learn in a hastily organized Sunday morning meeting. This is the person I counted as my friend. ". Was that really what it was about? And after two years, you're just a file." The biggest restitution numbers for victims of financial crimes generally involve Ponzi schemes or sweepstakes fraud, not cash thefts. He was an old friend from East Gaston High School, tough and sure of himself. In a word, "Teamwork. Human nature is a flexible part of life, Gronquist said. So we were able to figure out with all the denominations, it would require about 20 safe deposit boxes to store it all.. (John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer via AP) Some of the biggest numbers remaining on the Loomis collection board, as is the case with Campbell, belong to those who played the biggest role in the crime: David Ghantt, the Loomis employee who loaded all that money 2,800 pounds in all into the back of a company van before escaping to Mexico, has paid just under $50,000 of the $3.81 million he was assessed. Time passed, and Campbell eventually quit her job at Loomis Fargo. I said, It comes down to picking the right day, and the right time of the month, and all that good stuff. I even told her, It wouldnt be all that difficult. Scott was so nervous, he said, that he couldn't help. Steve had another conversation with Kelly about killing David. Since Ghantt was the supervisor, he sent his co-worker home first. The figures can be astounding. Hes going to start bringing you money. Alright. In the first days after the arrests, agents recovered or accounted for all but about $2 million of the stolen money. The FBI heard about the plot and agents knew they could no longer wait. Then Steve pushed Scott inside, and he began throwing plastic-wrapped bundles of tens, twenties, fifties and hundreds to Eric and Steve, who placed them in three blue 55-gallon barrels. As he and Kelly met in a field behind a shooting range to refine the plan, she allowed him to believe she was falling for him. But the idea of all that money pulled at her. Speaking of his co-defendants, Ghantt says hes not currently in contact with any of them. Federal law stops government collection efforts 20 years after a defendant leaves prison. Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live. By then Id figured out that Bruno was up to no good, and that Id probably never seen any more of my money. FILE - Kelly Campbell, one of the 21 people convicted for their involvement in the $17 million Loomis Fargo heist, awaits sentencing for her part in the theft at her mobile home near Mount Holly, N.C. on Aug 16, 1999. Ghantt was the vault manager and was surrounded. Campbell left her job in the summer of 1997, but she would later use Ghantt's feelings for her to her own advantage to get him to agree to carry out the multi-million-dollar heist. I told the lead investigator I was glad to see him.. Twenty-one people were charged and convicted in the robbery, one of the biggest heists in U.S. history. If you want me to leave, Ill leave. Then, Ghantt went into another room. You might as well take it all, Ghantt tells me. But as he later recalled to the media, as soon as he stepped through those big-box doors, he realized he was flush with cash, and he didnt need to shop at Walmart ever again. Para obtener ms informacin sobre cmo utilizamos tus datos, consulta nuestra Poltica de privacidad y la Poltica de cookies. . (John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer via AP) The Associated Press, BY MICHAEL GORDON, The Charlotte Observer. Ghantt started at Loomis Fargo in 1994, and soon worked his way up from an armored car driver to a vault supervisor. Informacin sobre tu dispositivo y conexin a Internet, como tu direccin IP, Actividad de navegacin y bsqueda al utilizar sitios web y aplicaciones de Yahoo. Twice a week over the next 12 months, we will take you back to the winter of sheep cloning and the summer of Con Air. In the meantime, however, Chambers not only refused to wire money to Ghantt in Mexico, but ultimately hired a hitman (Jason Sudeikis) to take him out. Then another. Kelly had resisted this suggestion before the heist: She and David were friends. Even the outtakes during the credits are bad. He hated his job, with its 12-hour shifts. Oh were not going to talk to anybody, theyre not going to be able to convict us, that bravado happens in the beginning and then it often gets worn down by the reality, Gronquist said. In the two days after the robbery, agents interviewed more than 100 people, most connected with David. The first weekday after the heist, Michele Chambers, co-conspirator Steve's wife, walked into a NationsBank branch with a briefcase containing $5,000. So the pieces were falling into place for investigators. About six months before the Charlotte theft, on March 29, a total of $18.8 million was taken from Loomis, Fargo in Jacksonville, Fla., in what was believed to be the largest heist in U.S.. Zaron Burnett is an investigative journalist and longform features writer based in Los Angeles. It, too, has changed hands several times. . Best States is an interactive platform developed by U.S. News for ranking the 50 U.S. states, alongside news analysis and daily reporting. Come for the Chumbawamba, and stay for the return of the Mack. Its hilarious. Kelly Campbell arrested 11) Finally, the FBI successfully tracked down Ghantt and arrested him at Playa del Carmen. He rewarded Robert with $3,000 and vowed never to meet McKinney alone. Or that hed gotten lucky gambling. Steve Chambers and his wife (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) were a little more difficult to connect to the heist. You've violated that trust. Name. In the wee hours of the morning, Chambers and the Erics drove back to the town of Vale, North Carolina, and holed up in a double-wide trailer while counting their cash. ". The movie was called Masterminds and stars Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig and Owen Wilson. FILE - Kelly Campbell, one of the 21 people convicted for their involvement in the $17 million Loomis Fargo heist, awaits sentencing for her part in the theft at her mobile home near Mount Holly, N.C. on Aug 16, 1999. Kelly drove her pickup to a lot across the street from the Loomis building, on Suttle Avenue in Charlotte. real kelly campbell loomis fargo heist real kelly campbell loomis fargo heist (No Ratings Yet) . About 5:45 a.m., he got into his pickup and began the 45-minute drive to work in Charlotte. Scott, 26, had a larceny conviction as a teenager, but he'd since cleaned up his act and now had a steady job, a daughter and a girlfriend. Tags: Associated Press, courts, crime, North Carolina. The van door opened. On the radio, the "John Boy and Billy" show played the song "Take the Money and Run. He couldn't talk.". And they hit the jackpot -- FBI video shows agents recovering most of the stolen cash. On Nov. 12, a confidential informant told the FBI about Steve Chambers's move from mobile home to mansion. But I thought this is me being hard-headed Im going to ride this thing to the ground. And so thats what I did.. At first, I just blended in with the tourists and picked up a few translation books, Ghantt explains. Steve told Scott to ignore the remaining stacks, which were mostly ones and fives. . Kelly was lying. By now, you probably know the names -- David Ghantt, Steve Chambers and his wife Michelle, and Kelly Campbell. and "I love money!" Except the person he offered $150,000 to mule $2.5 million down to Ghantt in Mexico turned him down and instead went to the FBI. But if you did, youll never forget it. Mine did. Money'll turn your head, I don't care who you are. They bought a BMW roadster. The best states in the U.S. come from coast to coast. After years of reflection and time in prison to work on himself, Ghantt was able to find a way to a better version of himself. Loomis has received $978,983.79, according to Sally Butcher, an assistant clerk in the federal courts of the Western District of North Carolina who specializes in criminal debt. The pager entry was 1-4-3. ". . If we work together, we can all have plenty of pie.. RELATED: When you have money, you just have different problems: The Loomis Fargo heist, 25 years later, How I held it together is beyond me, Ghantt said. And then I realized that a lot of people knew who I was and they had followed the case.. At the sight of all that money, Scott and Eric had the same thought: They'd made the worst mistake of their lives. Loomis, then known as Loomis Fargo, experienced two inside jobs in 1997, for $17.3 million and $18.8 million. Down in Jacksonville, a Loomis Fargo employee took $18 million from an armored van he was driving. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) During one overnight shift, a bumbling conspiracy of thieves just west of Charlotte stole more than $17 million from Loomis Fargo. But it didnt really hit me until later., On March 2nd, when the FBI agents walked up to Ghantt in Playa del Carmen and told him he was under arrest, Ghantt was relieved. In Campbells case, Gronquist says his client was buried in court-ordered debt despite the fact that she took responsibility for what she had done and cooperated with prosecutors and the FBI. Ghantt said he believes in redemption, and that his mistake 25 years ago brought him all the things that are important in his life today. Things went from bad to worse when, in November, Michelle strolled into a bank with a briefcase filled with 200 grand and asked the manager, How much can I deposit without the bank reporting the transaction? When she showed the bank manager that she really had the money to invest, the cash was still bound in Loomis Fargo wrappers. He gave the rest to Kelly. "You" has three. Steve also offered $100,000 to his 26-year-old cousin. She later hired someone to kill Ghantt, though the murder never took place. She was the group's only contact with David, and she was smoking marijuana "like other people smoke cigarettes," she said. Restitution is a familiar part of sentencing in federal court. Each week, Michele deposited thousands of dollars in cash. David didn't even know Steve's name. At the end of one session, they wound up kissing outside the pickup. All I needed was a change of pace.". Eric watched. Most people are going to forgive you. In December, agents got the tie-in they were looking for: Kelly Campbell had bought a $30,000 Toyota minivan with cash and registered it to one of Steve Chambers's aliases. [Kelly] told me, 'Just think about it.' In one case, the restitution for a Loomis defendant may be a moving target. Nosotros, Yahoo, somos parte de la familia de marcas de Yahoo. Chambers, now 32, didn't grant an interview for this article, but last year, in response to written questions, he said the biggest lesson he learned was: "Family is more important and valuable than money. This meant a bump in pay, up to $8.15 an hour. Now, I kind of know something is fishy., Alone in Mexico with limited cash, Ghantt thought about turning himself in. There were times when I drank really heavily.". She also assured the teller her cash wasn't drug money. It was an ear-biting, Pierce Brosnan-loving, comet-obsessed world, and were here to relive every minute of it. She could walk under the trees, with the chickens and goats and dogs that live around her mobile home. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. 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