She'd heard his stories of other successful schemes, like getting refunds on phony tax returns, or operating a loan shark business. In a word, "Teamwork. Kelly was no criminal. Its 90-minutes of mugging for the camera, but the only people who feel mugged are those that pay to see Masterminds. Im a very deliberate person. She also assured the teller her cash wasn't drug money. Ghantt, meanwhile, was losing his patience and starting to make threats. Steve and Michelle Chambers, who had lived in a mobile home, bought a mansion in Cramer Mountain. "He showed me a lot of money," McKinney said. Kelly had resisted this suggestion before the heist: She and David were friends. By now, you probably know the names -- David Ghantt, Steve Chambers and his wife Michelle, and Kelly Campbell. Though Wydra is retired, 25 years ago, he was an agent with the FBI. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks]. Is he telling the truth? I dont know if Steve would have done it himself, but he definitely was capable of buying someone to do it for him and I think that was going to happen if we didnt step in and arrest Ghantt, Wydra said. Theres some things I want to do., Ghantt planned on traveling from Mexico to the Cayman Islands, bypassing customs along the way. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Chambers got 11 years. So the original gang was all totally shocked, Wydra said. "I said, 'I don't want him killed.' They discussed it further, and Campbell asked him when they should do it. Maura Healey unveiled a proposed $55.5 billion state budget Wednesday, a plan that offers insight into some of the Democrats spending priorities during her first year as governor. Steve bought a truck, a Rolex and a motorboat. While Ghantt trusted Chambers enough to leave his cut behind, Chambers had other plans. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. To the community, the Loomis Fargo heist was a big joke -- the largest hillbilly caper of all time. The cash was covered with dog food. Then, I started loading the van., Money, when bound in bulk and stacked in canvas bags, is heavier than you might expect. To that end, Campbell brought in her childhood friend Steve Chambers, who was characterized in the local press as a small-time drug dealer and a local fence for stolen goods, to lead the team. Search Tools . Its about the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery also known as the hillbillly heist the second largest cash robbery in the history of the United States. That movie, Masterminds, was filmed in 2014. I didn't think I had the guts. Some amateur thieves might turn to movies and TV shows for lessons on criminal behavior. He couldn't even bear to stick around for the final tally--though when he left he didn't forget to take $6,000, the first cut of his expected $100,000 share. But first they wanted to know if it was a robbery or a robbery-homicide. "I was thinking, 'They aren't paying me enough,' " McKinney recalled. Ghantt worked at Loomis Fargos regional office vault in Charlotte. His collection case closes in two years. Down in Jacksonville, a Loomis Fargo employee took $18 million from an armored van he was driving. Steve also offered $100,000 to his 26-year-old cousin. The mystery 1-4-3 caller had been Kelly, though agents didn't know it yet. 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. Records show the government has garnished his Social Security checks. By late November, McKinney made a third trip to Mexico, saying he'd help David move to Mexico City. * I understand and. Then another. It was released in 2016 and Wydra was invited to the premiere. 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. Thatd probably been the best thing for me to do, really. There had been no signs. Username. Her only brush with the law had been a DUI arrest. Besides her prison sentence, Campbell must undergo mental health and drug treatment and spend two years in a supervised release program. Steve was sentenced to 11 years 3 months in prison. When he walked onto the plane, he was wearing big, tall cowboy boots, where hed stuffed a majority of the smuggled cash. Agents noticed it two months later when it flowed to them through official channels, along with hundreds of similar reports involving other people. Campbell used to work for Loomis and continued the friendship with Ghantt, eventually hooking him up with Chambers. The Columbia airport had no available flights. >> PHOTOS: The Loomis Fargo heist, 25 years later. He was also a former FBI informant who had tipped the bureau off to a planned robbery of a Loomis Fargo armored truck that never came to fruition. Were others involved? 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. He told Steve he hadn't been able to find David. You can have your whole career and not have a case like that. Michelle, meanwhile, purchased new breasts for herself, along with a $43,000 diamond ring and a new convertible BMW Z3. 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. 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 much so that one suspicious neighbor called the FBI. At the end of one session, they wound up kissing outside the pickup. Clerk of Court Frank Johns of Charlotte. Name. Going south, nobody really looks at what youre shipping. To say nothing of their art purchases like the aforementioned velvet Elvis portrait and a painting of a bulldog dressed as General George S. Patton. This machine is the property of Loomis. Or is the loot buried in somebody's yard? I think if you remember some of her early photographic opportunities, shall we put it that way, she was sort of laughing, not seeming to take it seriously.. He kept looking over his shoulder. and "I love money!" In addition to their extravagant spending, Michelle Chambers made the mistake of loudly asking a bank teller how much cash she could deposit in her account without it being reported to the feds, and then said, its not drug money.. He comes to my door, and hes got a brown paper bag in his hand. About 5:45 a.m., he got into his pickup and began the 45-minute drive to work in Charlotte. For the defendants in the Loomis Fargo heist, its allure was irresistible. So it was weird when during the middle of the week, there were these very clean-cut, very Midwestern looking, obviously American guys in the town. At the Halloween party, though, Kelly gave in to Steve, and agreed it had to be done. But being the vault supervisor at Loomis Fargo had one perk -- exposure to tons of cash. He realized that if they met the minimum monthly payments, the bill would take 30 years to pay. His assignment was to deliver the cash to David and keep him happy until they could find a way to kill him, McKinney said. 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. ", "I wouldn't do it. Kelly relayed his message to Steve. "As soon as you start, you realize there's no going back," David recalled. . He had a favorite restaurant, Zandunga, which had a mariachi band each night and a view of the Caribbean. Will Vin Sant Leave You Jacked or Scammed. I was relieved emotionally because I knew there was a good chance my luck might run out, Ghantt said. So that was kind of like this once-in-a-lifetime thing, Wydra said. Campbell was released from federal custody in 2004 after serving five years, meaning her collection case will age out in December 2024. . He approached a longtime friend, Eric Payne, who lived in a mobile home south of Belmont, N.C. Steve offered him $100,000 to help. I had to go in there and tell her the whole story, and she was real cool about it. The plan to rob Loomis Fargo was spawned by Campbell and her friend Steve Chambers, during a casual bonfire at Chambers' home. Without really intending to, Kelly recalls, she turned the conversation to the possibility of a heist. At first, I just blended in with the tourists and picked up a few translation books, Ghantt explains. "So he stays behind and moving over two thousand pounds. 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. Almost 19 years after Ghantt and a group of friends from Gaston County pulled off one of the largest cash heists in U.S. history, the movie "Masterminds" will play up the caper for laughs. Well she was a pretty happy-go-lucky person, he said. From Mexico, David usually spoke with Kelly on the phone once a week, paying with calling cards. Updated: 11:31 AM EDT October 4, 2022 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,. By now, you probably know the names -- David Ghantt, Steve Chambers and his wife Michelle, and Kelly Campbell. One day, the two employees were in the break room and got to talking about the news of the day a massive bank heist that just occurred in Florida by someone at their company. So he got in a cab and went to a mall. Kelly Campbell, 29, a former company employee, entered guilty pleas earlier to bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder charges. David said he realized then, for the first time, he might not see the millions he thought he had coming to him. Some family members hid money in bank deposit boxes, other friends were asked to mule cash to the Cayman Islands. Kelly Campbell, 29, a former company employee, entered guilty pleas earlier to bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder charges. Tuesday marked 25 years since a group of buddies pulled off the third-largest money grab in U.S. history -- the Loomis Fargo heist. Michele received the best gift of the night. At the party, Steve invited Michele's stepfather, truck driver Dennis Floyd, to the basement to play pool. Scott was so nervous, he said, that he couldn't help. I threw you out, and then threw the parachute after you. Loomis (formerly Loomis, Fargo & Co.) is a cash handling company. Kelly told the FBI she had done drugs with David but denied knowing about the theft. Masterminds is a 2016 American crime comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina. and "I'm rich!". I don't blame him.". This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. Ghantt studied how to rob his employer . Kelly Loomis. Still, she wasn't happy. He was an old friend from East Gaston High School, tough and sure 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. On Oct. 7, 1997, two FBI agents arrived at Kelly Campbell's home after two Loomis employees had told agents she and David had once dated. He quickly found out when you have money, you just have different problems, Wydra said. With a cast like this, and Emily Spivey (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Up All Night) as part of the writing team, Masterminds shouldnt be nearly as obnoxious and dull as it is, but nothing ever clicks. At the sight of all that money, Scott and Eric had the same thought: They'd made the worst mistake of their lives. But what did that mean? He had stolen $17 million from Loomis Fargo. "I'd been told all my life, money will not make you happy," Kelly said. The Chambers home is now gated, which means Channel 9 crews cant drive up to it like we used to. In the first heist, a regional vault supervisor loaded money into a branded truck and . David trusted her. Its attracted workers like Ghantt. Where I was going was right there near the Cayman Islands. But in November, money ran low. It just happened to fall on my desk.. She didn't plan to move to Mexico. Ghantt took $50,000 for himself and fled to Cozumel, Mexico. However, the fact that a man who formerly lived in a mobile home was lavishly spending money on a luxury home ($635,000 in cash), expensive cars, and a ring ($42,000 in cash) eventually made it easy to connect the dots. Next month, Payne will back in the Charlotte federal courthouse, this time to be sentenced from weapons and methamphetamine trafficking charges. That October, the Chamberses' bank accounts ballooned. David didn't even know Steve's name. They tried to break the van's bulletproof windows. ". By then Id figured out that Bruno was up to no good, and that Id probably never seen any more of my money. It will be some time before she can commune with domestic animals again. They also left behind a life-changing fortune in small bills $3.3 million in fives and ones that they overlooked and the two videotapes that Ghantt had pulled from the security cameras at the bank. That was the thing that sticks in my mind to this day., ALSO READ: Man released from jail, accused of robbing banks while wearing electronic monitor, police say. On October 5, 1997, FBI agents gathered at the Loomis, Fargo & Co. warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina, to watch a security videotape of a man loading stacks of cash into a pushcart and wheeling them from the vault. He'd stay up all night, boosted by coffee, waiting for the sunrise over the ocean. Ghantt spent a solid hour moving what ended up being 2,700 pounds of cash more than an actual ton into an unmarked company van. Kelly was lying. "Steve said, 'I think we ought to do it that night, when he drops off the van,' " Kelly recalled. Each week, Michele deposited thousands of dollars in cash. My knee-jerk reaction was to be angry, and then the sarcastic ass side of me started laughing about it, Ghantt said. Michele tells me you're in a financial bind. The teller, who hadn't asked, filed a "suspicious activity report." In early December, Steve and Michele invited relatives to their daughter's sixth birthday party. In early November, Steve lured the real Mike McKinney, an ex-Marine, to North Carolina from his Illinois home. But you cant get blood from a stone, Johns said. 0 Comments Get local news delivered to your inbox! Jeffrey Guller, who at 81 is by far the oldest of the Loomis defendants, still owes almost $1.1 million on his original court debt of $1.14 million and will remain on the governments books for another four years. Ghantt was the vault manager and was surrounded. "For the first year, they're all over you. You're an idiot.'". Then, he proceeded to load 2,800 pounds of cash into a van. It was late in 1996. And after two years, you're just a file." So we were able to figure out with all the denominations, it would require about 20 safe deposit boxes to store it all.. There used to be a consulate in Cancun. The theft at the time the second-largest cash robbery in U.S. history has been the brunt of mocking movies and books, mostly on how the thieves, who had little money to begin with, could not control their spending habits once they did. FBI video shows agents searching the Cramer Mountain home and finding stacks of cash. The principals here are David Ghantt, a driver for Loomis, Fargo and Co.; Kelly Campbell, the woman Ghantt had a crush on, and who convinced him to commit the crime; and Steve and Michele Chambers. Anybody who gets caught up in the system is getting chewed up by it, the now-retired Gronquist told the Observer. For instance, after stealing $17.3 million $11 million of which was in $20 bills the conspirators had to leave behind $3 million in cash because they couldnt fit all of it in their cars. 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. Campbell was another employee at Loomis Fargo and she and Ghantt quickly struck up a relationship, one that Campbell denies was ever romantic though FBI evidence says otherwise, and one that continued after she left the company. He went deep-sea fishing. 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. Meanwhile, back in North Carolina, Ghantts wife woke up to find her husband missing. Puedes cambiar tus opciones en cualquier momento desde tus controles de privacidad. The agents tapped the phone, and it didnt take long to locate Ghantt after that. 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. "I wanted to be more like my mom and dad were.". A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. "We had David Ghantt and Kelly Campbell tied together, and we had Steven Chambers and Eric Payne with unexplained wealth, but we didn't have a tie between them," Agent John Wydra said. But after she left, she reached back out to Ghantt and brought up what theyd talked about that day in the break room. Federal law stops government collection efforts 20 years after a defendant leaves prison. He partied, met women, drank, skied and hung out at the beach. Three weeks after the theft, Steve and Michele moved from their Lincoln County mobile home to a $635,000 house in a gated Cramerton, N.C., neighborhood. They placed a bust of Caesar in the dining room. Then another. 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. Thats where they feel comfortable., This piece of information would become critical to his getaway plan. Ghantt started at Loomis Fargo in 1994, and soon worked his way up from an armored car driver to a vault supervisor. When he landed in Cancun, his first stop was Walmart. "I" has one letter. "But I had to know.". (John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer via AP), Baltimore to Pay $6M in Latest Police Misconduct Settlement, Australia Family Hurt in Helicopter Crash Suing Vegas Firm, Massachusetts Governor Unveils Proposed $55.5B State Budget. Kelly, she says now, was thinking about how happy she would be to send this man far away from her. At the time of the real robbery, Chambers was facing criminal charges hed written 30K worth of bad checks and was facing jail time for it. 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. That week, the FBI designated the theft its 142nd "major case," putting it on a list--begun in the 1970s--that includes such other infamous crimes as the World Trade Center bombing. We spoke with the inside man, David Ghantt, to get the real story. Kelly Campbell is scheduled to be sentenced in October. She tried to apologize for the murder plot. Criminals dont usually get high-paying jobs after leaving prison. He rewarded Robert with $3,000 and vowed never to meet McKinney alone. They decorated their 6,000-square-foot stucco house with antiques, paintings and statues, including a six-foot wooden Indian that Michele had bought for $600. Tickle Me Kaczynski: How the Inventor of the Ultimate Elmo Toy Became a Unabomber Suspect, The Unexpectedly Sweet Story Behind Those Viral Semi-Truck Pregnancy Photos, I Wore Magnetic Underwear for a Week to See If It Would Give Me a Boner of Steel. David had grabbed $50,000 cash, but could figure out only how to carry $25,000 with him on the plane. Time passed, and Campbell eventually quit her job at Loomis Fargo. At 6 that morning, FBI supervisor Rick Shaffer led 12 agents and several Gaston County police officers up a winding road on Cramer Mountain to Steve's home. 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. But what the bank didnt tell Michelle, and Michelle didnt know, was that one of those forms get filled out if you ask about it, or if its close to $10,000 or if they suspect that any part of that transaction is suspicious, Wydra said. I told the lead investigator I was glad to see him.. "I thought he was goofing around.". About 5:30 the next morning, McKinney knocked on David's door and dropped $8,500 on the bed. So its one thing to go from up here, thought, to action, he said. Dustin is the founder and co-owner of Pajiba. He told her he wanted more of "his" cash. He hated the sweet smell of the green ink, and the $8.15-an-hour salary. Jim Gronquist was Campbells defense attorney. Ghantt was working a late shift, and just after 6:30 p.m., his coworkers were packing up and heading for home. Meanwhile, outside Reynolds & Reynolds, Steve, Scott and Eric needed to move 2,748 pounds of cash, quickly, from the Loomis van into the Budget van. One number is working in Campbells favor. About 10 frantic minutes later, Scott found the right key. 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. There, Scott and Eric paced the floor as Steve tried to calm them down. At that same time, Steve was growing sick of the calls to send more money to Ghantt, and was looking for a way to end that issue. She was a wife and mother with two children. Was the temptation too much? He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, Ghantt was the mastermind behind the third-largest bank robbery in U.S. history. Loomis Fargo Defendants Owe as Much as They Stole in 1997, 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. All rights reserved. For her part, Kelly Campbell spent six years in federal prison. Theyre meant to be trailer-park trash, but they come off as character experiments on a bad night at the Groundlings. On Nov. 12, a confidential informant told the FBI about Steve Chambers's move from mobile home to mansion. I hit the local library the thing that we used to do before Google, Ghantt says with a small laugh. Eric watched. For reasons that remain obscure, Robert spilled the beans to David. The use of this site is restricted to authorized personnel only. On the evening of October 4, 1997, one man loaded $17.3 million in cash from the vaults of Loomis, Fargo & Co. into the back of a van. He hadnt checked ahead of time if the airport had any available flights, let alone if it would even be open. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter]. . . I just had to call you., Today, Ghantt cant look back on the whole ordeal without some degree of pride. We got this guy named Bruno. Nah, it was always about the money, he told the agents. More agents waited outside to arrest them. In all, agents arrested 24 people in the heist. Baltimore leaders have agreed to pay a $6 million settlement to the family of a driver who was killed during a 2010 police chase involving Gun Trace Task Force officers, Four family members from Australia who were injured during a crash-landing of a sightseeing helicopter in December are suing a Las Vegas-based tour operator, Massachusetts Gov. Hes well thought-out. 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. Throughout the multi-year-long case and subsequent trials, journalists often referred to Ghantt and the others as trailer trash and hillbillies. Loomis officials--forced to break into their own vault because David had taken the keys with him--calculated that he had stolen $17,044,000, making the second biggest heist in U.S. history, following the $18.8 million theft of an armored car by another Loomis Fargo employee just six months earlier. They planned to kill a man named David Ghantt, the guy who had made their extravagant new lifestyle a reality. They bought a BMW roadster. 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. Husband and wife Steven and Michelle Chambers, whose conspicuous consumption of a luxury home, a BMW convertible, breast implants and a $600 wooden Indian, among other purchases, helped the FBI solve the crime, were assessed $3.81 million and $4.8 million, respectively. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. 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. She could walk under the trees, with the chickens and goats and dogs that live around her mobile home. They soon realized David had stolen more money than would fit in their 55-gallon barrels. They ditched the Loomis van, then drove the cash-heavy Budget van to Steve's mobile home in Lincoln County, where his wife, Michele, waited with a calculator and rubber bands. 1997 Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycle for sale at auction of items bought after Loomis, Fargo armored car facility heist by Steven Chambers, wife Michele, Kelly Jane Campbell & David Scott Ghanntt (Photo by Will And Deni McIntyre/Getty Images) Im married, I got one girl, shes 15 going on 30. After a couple of weeks, Ghantt and the rest of the heist team were ready to strike. Thomas Grant, who served three years in prison for bank larceny, paid off restitution of $70,000; brother Eric Grant paid all of his $26,000; as did David Craig, $40,000; and Dennis and Sandra Floyd; $27,000. All I needed was a change of pace.". It was the first Saturday in October. On the radio, the "John Boy and Billy" show played the song "Take the Money and Run. If they could just sit on the money until then, he said, they'd be fine. Hed be in contact. "I felt that if I didn't do something, I was going to snap," David said. On Feb. 27, agents listened in on a call from David to Kelly and learned David's location in Mexico. Ghantt simply got ready for work one morning knowing it would be his last day on the job. For example, Steve Chambers and his wife were living in a trailer and upgraded to what would today be a multi-million-dollar mansion at Cramer Mountain. They found Ghantts truck, and in it were his keys, some personal items and his wedding ring. The audacity of the act was breathtaking. None of the suspects had been in any serious trouble before this. On his way out, he grabbed the surveillance video, hoping to cover his tracks. When he said, 'I'll give you $20,000 to hold a million,' I said, 'Sure.' He and his wife, Tammy, lived in a mobile home in Kings Mountain, N.C. Money was always tight. 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