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. David Ghantt: My standard answer now is [to say] that the person I was thenI am certainly not that person now. LRM: Oh, that is an interesting question. Within 24 days of the real heist, Chambers went from a mobile home to a $635,000 home in Cramer Mountain Country Club, authorities said. Chambers did hire McKinney to kill Ghantt, but initially McKinney was making personal cash deliveries to Ghantt in Mexico on behalf of Chambers. Ghantt knew Chambers as Steve, but didnt find out that his last name was Chambers until the arrests were made. What are Jandice and Kelly up to now? Ghantt was charged in connection with the . "A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. I felt relieved, I knew that things were getting ready to come to an end and getting caught was a stress reliever even if I knew I was going to jail. I run the heavy equipment. They obviously werent trying to get it right they were putting together what they believe is a better story, said Diamant. Do you still have contact with him? Investigators considered Ghantt to be the prime suspect almost from the beginning. . After the robbery, Ghantt took off to Mexico. Then you have the huge velvet Elvis. You look nothing like Zach? 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).. And, with the help of several others David made off with $17.3 million dollars, 11 million of which was in 20's. Good question , Oddly most employers are very understanding as long as you are honest with them up front . In real life: False. 2023 www.gastongazette.com. David Harbour with Lily Allen. >.>. This book spotlights all of the topics that make up a well rounded life and is presented in a voice that is down-to-earth, authentic and downright like-able. 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 relatively meager paycheck, when he crossed paths with Kelly Campbell. What was it like to have a movie based on your story? BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: The Beast Lays On The Charm In New TV Spot. At first, David Ghantt said, "I didn't take her seriously. Cathy Biles, who handled the purchase of the Chambers house in Cramerton, told WSOC-TV in Charlotte that the cash deal aroused her suspicions. David GhanttRetweeted Iraqveteran8888 @Iraqveteran8888 Dec 9, 2022 Elect me President and I'll fire everyone, free Julian Assange, and pardon Edward Snowden. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, David Ghantt was the mastermind behind the 3rd largest bank robbery in U. We talked about the fiction and fact from the movie. LRM: Do you enjoy the publicity for yourself? Authorities said a Loomis employee pulled a gun on two co-workers. Wichita Eagle, Thursday, June 29, 1995 Bullock, David N., 63, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. sheet metal worker, died Tuesday, June 27, 1995. How? I might even have more these days. Thats my standard answer these days. The next day, Steve and Michelle Chambers, Kelly Campbell, and four others were arrested.[6]. But after one visit, she asked a teller "How much can I deposit before you have to report it to the feds?" MASTERMINDS is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download tomorrow. Ms. Campbell worked at Loomis for 11 months, leaving in November 1996, according to court papers. 44:33. She had previously been making frequent small deposits to avert suspicion. FBI agents arrived first, which marked the beginning of the end. In November 1990, David married Margaret in San Diego, California. The FBI investigation was aided by the gang's extravagant spending. Until it's gone, you don't appreciate it. Tell us on what was actually real from that movie. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP5 . Chambers even got breast implants and paid cash for a BMW sports car, the affidavit said. Eventually, federal agents found Ghantt, thanks to uncovering a plot for an assassin to hunt and kill him in Mexico. She denied ever being romantically involved with Ghantt, although she ``expressed her love to him during their last intercepted conversation last Monday, according to the affidavit. The Bank Job (2008) Image via Lionsgate. Investigators also found Ghantt's pickup truck, abandoned at the warehouse. Yes, Carrie Underwood adopted a dog in Charlotte. He then began loading $17 million in unmarked bills inside a company van before driving away. 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 couple was married for 22 years before her untimely death in 2012. In February 2009 the Associated Press reported that Chambers had chosen to describe himself as "changed". shes now Miss USA. 44:38. LRM: [Laughter] As for yourself, besides diving, what did you really do in Mexico? All ofWCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. Inequality is Weakening Social Security. You know as well as I doits Hollywood. The Chambers moved from a trailer into a mansion, which alerted the FBI to their newfound wealth. David Ghantt: Mostly, it concerned for Zach [Galifianakis] to have the right shirt and carrying the right pistol. Here's whatGhantt says now about the heist that madethe "Cramer Mountain Hillbillies" famous and changed him forever. On Monday, he was returned to Charlotte, where he is charged with stealing a van stuffed with cash from the vault at Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte. LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. Search warrants also were executed at Ghantts home in North Carolina, federal officials said. 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. She knows Owen Wilson's Steve, the bad apple . I took a picture from back in those days to show them. I pretty much let them have their way with it, as you say. Its comedy. 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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. All but $186,000 in that theft was recovered from a North Carolina storage building. Thats some of my work. Heres my last question for younot all of the stolen money was accounted forwhat do you think actually happened to the last few million dollars? At the. One day, he went to check on it and the lock had been cut. Just the ability to come and go as I please and walk barefooted in the backyard means so much. 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). LRM: When you actually pulled off this heist, was there any comedic incidents at all that was actually true? Authorities found Ghantts unlocked red pickup truck near the Loomis building. 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. 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. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. I enjoy talking to you. I got no real complaints, not at this point., The heist became the premise for the movie,Masterminds, released in September 2016. 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. 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. But Ghantt has been open about what he did and how he believes it changed him for the better. It was one of the first things they voted on. David Ghantt: In my way of thinking, you are part of the story and people will talk about you regardless. Did you stay in touch with them? February 28, 2023. Watch your email for exciting announcements and new features coming soon! 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. Ms. Campbell was a former Loomis employee who is the only person known to have contacted Ghantt in Mexico, while Chambers and McKinney conspired in recent days to kill Ghantt under the guise of bringing him more cash in Mexico, according to arrest affidavits. No. The name she gave the pup is apropos. Thats going to be your life for quite some time, typically. Ghantt was the vault manager. David Ghantt: I would be really philosophical about this. Im like, You need to understand that, that money has been missing for 20 years. 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.". AMA In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Yep, yesterday, February 28, at the end of the TODAY show's 8 am ET hour, Sheinelle Jones offered the following update: "By the way, it has been an interesting morning for us. LRM: Most people who commits the crime of the decadedont usually want their story to be told. We were in Old Fortwhen they were shooting the movie and went out to eat. Ghantts wife also reported him missing the same day. Authorities seized several vehicles and the contents of nine safe deposit boxes. 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. Because surprise! If I hadnt of done that, Id probably still be in North Carolina and I would not have got to meet a lot of the interesting people that Ive got to meet. 43-year-old Margret and her mother both died in 2012 . His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. Everything changes when he meets Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig), a new employee at his bank, Loomis Fargo. 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. There were things in real life that my compatriots did that was pretty comedic and stupid. I thought he did a really good job. The van was later found with $3 million in it, but the rest of the money is still missing. I got to eat my meal perfectly, but every 5 minutes, someone wanted to shoot a selfie with Zach or an autograph from Zach. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. How many years did David Ghantt get? They also bought a BMW Z3 with cash and made several large purchases, including a $600 cigar store Indian. In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small.". In real life: Mostly true. Shelly Miscavige, David's wife, has not been seen in public for 15 years. Q: Do you appreciate your normal life now more than you would if you hadn't spent years in prison? I just sat back and waited on my money. 1) David Ghantt is underpaid and unhappy. [citation needed], It was later confirmed by the FBI that more than 88% of the stolen cash had been located or otherwise accounted for. Michele Chambers' sentence was two months longer than that given to David Scott Ghantt, the Loomis employee who removed the money from the company vault on Oct. 4, 1997. David Ghantt: Since the movie came out, I probably say I would have more now. David Ghantt: Awesome. 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. Q: Your troubles were self-inflicted, but you seem happy. The scary one is stealing the money. They bought a huge diamond and paid with cash for it. In the end, it is a good story. When they painted the cars, they were the wrong shake. David Ghantt was portrayed by Zackary Hatfield. 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. I mean, thats pretty much why I did it. 1997 - David Scott Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis) thought being an armored car driver would be a dream come true. Its baggeditup.net. 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. He discovers that it's pretty boring stuff, and he often fantasizes about getting robbed. David Ghantt: Oh, yeah. Outside the building, Ghantt met up with Campbell, Chambers, and others who were involved in the plot, and drove off to a printing business called Reynolds & Reynolds in northwest Charlotte. David Ghantt: That is the like the number two question that everyone asks me. I would like to think, in my heart-to-heart, he wasnt going [to kill me]. In August 1997, Campbell informed Ghantt of an old high school friend of hers, Steve Chambers, who could assist Ghantt in executing a massive cash robbery of the Loomis Fargo vault in one night. She is the diamond of my soul. The Internet was still new at the time. [citation needed], The defendants were the targets of many barbed jokes in Charlotte and across the country, in part because of their extravagant spending. Oakland Police Department: Above the Law? Honestly, it got spent and no one noticed. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP7. 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. The true part is that Kelly did say, Did you try the backdoor? They were ready to set the van on fire for real. GASTONIA - Nancy Carolyn Ghantt, 71, died September 6, 2018. 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 kept several furnishings from the previous owners, including a painting of Elvis Presley on black velvet. So what made you do it? LRM: [Laughter] Now the movie portrayed that they sent someone to kill you in Mexico. Congratulations Dave - very well done. You've decided to give up on a part of your life. Alert: Obviously, spoilers abound. Saffron Burrows plays . 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