Chambers, who made an ill-fated decision to buy a home in the gated Cramer Mountain community with his newfound wealth, now runsa gym on Lowell-Bethesda Road. Ghantt had worked with the branch since 1994, and had been promoted from a driver to the vault supervisor. The Book of Dave A New Path After a $17 Million Misstep, Name: David Scott GhanttBorn: October 20,1969Infamous for: When he literally drove off with $17+ Million one day after work (admit it, youve all thought about it, lol)Famous for (at time of writing): Being an inspiration for the character David Ghantt in the major motion picture comedy- Masterminds. A: When I first got in, I thought, "What in my life has led me to this?" Ghantt added, I really enjoyed the movie. David GhanttRetweeted Iraqveteran8888 @Iraqveteran8888 Dec 9, 2022 Elect me President and I'll fire everyone, free Julian Assange, and pardon Edward Snowden. David Ghantt normally came home between 6 and 8 p.m., and often he was late, his wife said. That just added to the comedic element. In 1997, Loomis Fargo employee David Ghantt robbed the armored car company of $17 million. LRM: Most people who commits the crime of the decadedont usually want their story to be told. In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. Campbell, 29, had pleaded guilty to charges of bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder. In real life: False. I enjoy talking to you. Were you really hailed as a hero? CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM MASTERMIND MOVIE. I loved it that she is part of my life now, because of all this. Now looking back, with the life I have now, Ive got a great family, got a great kid. 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. SUBSCRIBE:Apple Podcasts||Spotify||Stitcher||TuneIn||Google Podcasts. "Twenty-five years ago today. At the. Ms. Campbell worked at Loomis for 11 months, leaving in November 1996, according to court papers. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, David Ghantt was the mastermind behind the 3rd largest bank robbery in U. A movie based on the heist starring Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones and directed by Jared Hess (the guy who made Napoleon Dynamite) is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. In real life: Mostly true. She was devastated, Diamant said. A: People are very forgiving if you're open and honest right from the start. LRM: When you first heard the story he was there to get rid of you, what was your reaction? Zach Galifianakas takes on the role of David Ghantt, a small town, backwoods security money truck driver who falls in love with Kristen Wiig's Kelly. 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. His accomplices included coworker Kelly Campbell, as well as friends Steve and Michelle Chambers. Guess what? 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. 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. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ After a five-month manhunt, an armored car driver suspected of stealing $17 million from his companys vault was in custody Monday after being captured at a Mexican resort. By comparison, Ghantt served seven years in prison and was fined $26,000. ', He explained the glorification and glamour often associated with bank heists and bank robberies in Hollywood films is far from reality. This Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the notorious Loomis Fargo heist. It wasa painful process, but I learned to be happy with me and with what I've got. Anyways, David, I appreciate this conversation. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP8. How Bridgerton restarted buzz about her ancestry. LRM: Im curious. In November 1990, David married Margaret in San Diego, California. BOSTON (AP) A former eBay Inc. executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a scheme to terrorize the creators of an . 44:23. I know your compatriots would like to keep this low key. 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. #CLXGaming#CLXRa#evokethegods 1 2 C hristopher David Ghantt Phone Numbers (704) 678-8911. David and Kelly hit it off at a shooting . David Ghantt: They did hire a guy to kill me. David Ghantt worked as a vault supervisor for the armoured cash vehicles at the Charlotte, North Carolina branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. Ironically even though he worked for a company that moved millions of dollars every day, he was relatively underpaid. You look nothing like Zach? Were you offended that they portrayed you as an idiot being so easily manipulated? David, now 30, says he's sorry he abandoned his wife--who he says still loves him--and his family. Why did this Charlotte engineer leave her job? An additional tip reached the FBI when Michelle Chambers made a large deposit at a bank. I gave him the short synopsis. Cathy Biles, who handled the purchase of the Chambers house in Cramerton, told WSOC-TV in Charlotte that the cash deal aroused her suspicions. You can't get barbecue slaw in this hedonistic state (Florida), and there's nowhere to get real ice cream here like Tony's. After the robbery, Ghantt took off to Mexico. This website is using Google Analytics. LRM: So tell me on where are you now? Here's whatGhantt says now about the heist that madethe "Cramer Mountain Hillbillies" famous and changed him forever. You can reach Kevin Ellis at 704-201-7016 or email him Kellis@GastonGazette.com. I just wanted to restart. 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. "They were short staffed and I noticed a lot of. One of my compatriots, Steve Chambers was in charge of the money. No. An FBI criminal investigation ultimately resulted in the arrest and conviction of eight people directly involved in the heist, as well as sixteen others who had indirectly helped them, and the recovery of approximately 88% of the stolen money. 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. Masterminds - Zach Galifianakis 'David Ghantt' [On-Set Interview]SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://goo.gl/SrrTlTSUBSCRIBE MOVIE TRAILERS: http://goo.gl/8WxGeDA night gu. LRM: If you had to relive that heist againwhat would you do differently? I was standing there at the time with this hug spear in my hand. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. So he convinced a local hoodlum in Mexico to try to kill Ghantt. I just sat back and waited on my money. Chambers finished serving his prison sentence in November 2006 and told the Associated Press in 2009 he was "changed.". When they showed the mansion scene, the great big velvet Elvis painting was for real. No idea where it is I only ever had what I took with me and what was sent to me. But it was Ghantt, now 47 and living with his wife and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida,who actually took more than 2,000 pounds of cash and just drove away from his job. David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. 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. LRM had an exclusive phone interview with David Ghantt last week, the real-life culprit who pulled off the successful bank heist. David Ghantt talks to us about his part in the robbery of Loomis Fargo where he stole over 17 Million Dollars \u0026 the events that transpired soon after.Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/crimeandentertainment/Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimenentertainment/Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4T67Bs5kksA7HP22LoKzt4Listen on Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-entertainment/id1573321645Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/show/crime-entertainmentListen on Google Podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjcxNTQzLnJzcw==Listen on Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9cdb3854-414d-4b69-8022-4479e01dad44/crime-entertainment?ref=dm_sh_OVZBcFDuxatVNE3y3mD1HHBtm From Oct. 6 through Feb. 20, the couple made 47 deposits totaling $271,500 at a Belmont bank, and at one point Michelle Chambers tried to get an official bank check with $200,000 in cash, authorities said. 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. David Ghantt: Its a little less dramatic on what they had shown in the movie. Iraqi war vet, David Ghantt, was a guard at the Loomis Fargo cash vault in Charlotte in October 1997 when he decided to steal 17-million-dollars. He was insecure. I went in there to do a basic search. ", After successfully tracing Ghantt's phone call, FBI agents coordinated with Mexican police to arrest Ghantt on March 1, 1998, at Playa del Carmen, a city near Cancun. You know as well as I doits Hollywood. A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Loomis Fargo employees could not open the vault the next morning and called the police. I thought he did a really good job. In real life: True. 121 90 1,443 Show this thread David GhanttRetweeted C.A. He was the only employee unaccounted for the next morning, and videotapes recovered at the Loomis Fargo Charlotte office showed Ghantt removing "cubes of cash" and loading it into a Loomis Fargo armored van for over an hour. >.>. To me, [all of this] was a business deal between the original three of us. 2023 www.gastongazette.com. 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. Money does weird things to people. It premiered in Los Angeles on September 26, 2016 and was theatrically released in the . Tell us on what was actually real from that movie. What was the number one question? There are also a bit of comedy and some tragedy. 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). He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. "He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. Do you still have contact with him? You've decided to give up on a part of your life. 1:38 On Oct. 4, 1997, former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt finished his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte. Thats nearly $11 million less than former Kings Mountain resident David Ghantt (played by Galifianakis in the film) helped steal from the vault where he worked in Charlotte back in October 1997. How did it actually feel when the FBI took you in? 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Why would you want this story to be told and to enjoy this? 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. FBI agents arrived first, which marked the beginning of the end. I think Zachs a hell of an actor. "Miscavige is a recluse now the same way Hubbard was at the end," said Mike Rinder, the former media spokesman . Heres what happened on Sunday nights episode. Inside $3.3 million was located along with the two stolen surveillance tapes, apparently left due to the robber and his accomplices being sloppy, or in a hurry. As we said . Have a good one y'all," wrote David Ghantt on his Facebook page Tuesday morning. David Ghantt: I would be really philosophical about this. They obviously werent trying to get it right they were putting together what they believe is a better story, said Diamant. David Ghantt: The number one question is usually, What made you do it?. I really don't miss that guy. When they painted the cars, they were the wrong shake. 20 years ago,on the night ofOctober 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. Until it's gone, you don't appreciate it. One day, he went to check on it and the lock had been cut. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Now Playing. Im still going through the friend requests. Then I realized I needed to be more conservative. 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. The Bank Job (2008) Image via Lionsgate. 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. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. He and his wife, Michelle, moved from their mobile home in Lincoln County to a luxury house in the wealthy Cramer Mountain section of Cramerton. Did you get to spend much time on set? Im assuming you dont have any more contacts with your co-conspirators. I live down here in Jacksonville, Florida. The Associated Press contributed to this report. How? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Now, here we are, two years later. Going to prison helped me grow up as a human being. In real life: False. Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones with his wife Shirley and daughter Seraphina at the Grammy Awards at Kensington Roof gardens, London,. Yes! As a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo, David had access to the vaults and all the cash within. Chambers had broached the possibility of a robbery to Campbell earlier in the summer. After years of working hard, the realisation hit . 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. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small. Ghantt was apprehended in Mexico and returned to the United States in custody. LRM: For whatever its worth, its a good answer. 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. Wife Lily Allen. After the movie [premiered in theaters], my Facebook account exploded. Question: Which do you regret more, stealing the money or getting caught? 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. David Ghantt: That was the first thing the FBI told me when they had arrested me. (His wife tells him to change that word to "selfish."). HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP5 . 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. All but one of the defendants pleaded guilty. In February 2009 the Associated Press reported that Chambers had chosen to describe himself as "changed". I was like, Okay.. Chambers declines to comment on the events that made him notorious. Fried chicken, cornbread and cake what brings you back to this Charlotte restaurant. David Ghantt: Mostly, it concerned for Zach [Galifianakis] to have the right shirt and carrying the right pistol. So the last third of the movie is almost entirely fiction. . David Ghantt (@DavidGhantt) is a man that still holds the record for the second largest bank heist on American Soil. I also explained to Owen [Wilson] on what it was like to be in Federal prison. 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. At first, David Ghantt said, "I didn't take her seriously. Gov. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. But McKinney never stopped trying to kill Ghantt although, initally, McKinney thought Chambers had paid for the hit over a drug deal gone bad, Diamant said. The Confess, Fletch co-stars are engaged after they first started . A: I'm in dire need for some RO's barbecue and some Tony's Ice Cream. 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. The contents were missing. Eventually, federal agents found Ghantt, thanks to uncovering a plot for an assassin to hunt and kill him in Mexico. 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 Ghantt was. After two years of dating, Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola are ready to spend the rest of their lives together. Seven others were convicted in direct connection with the heist. So he hatched a plan to rob his employers. Jokes soon followed the news of how Chambers and his former wife spent their ill-gotten gain. Philosophically, now looking back I wouldnt be who I am now if I hadnt gone through all that, said David Scott Ghantt in an interview with the Observer. One of the FBI's wiretaps caught a conversation between David Ghantt and Kelly Campbell, the one who bought the minivan and shopped for the liposuction. Ghantt was in fact hiding out in Mexico using McKinneys I.D., which had been sold to Chambers months earlier. 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. 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Ghantt got arrested by the Mexican police at Playa del Carmen on March 1, 1988. [1], This robbery was the second-largest cash robbery on U.S. soil at the time, as only seven months earlier, on March 29, 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, Philip Noel Johnson stole $18.8 million from the Loomis Fargo armored vehicle he was driving.[2]. That usually takes the shine right off of it, when you start explaining that. He continued, Youd be wearing a lot of khaki brown and eating crappy food., Since the films release and its recent Netflix debut, Scott Ghent cited that the most common question he receives is about the missing $2 million never recovered by the FBI; Ive had people actually ask me that question. I wouldnt want to change anything. David Ghantt: Oh, yeah. They also bought a BMW Z3 with cash and made several large purchases, including a $600 cigar store Indian. From Oct. 6 through Feb. 20, the couple made 47 deposits totaling $271,500 at a Belmont bank, and at. Ghantt ultimately agreed to the plan, largely, due to a mountain of credit-card debt and in hopes of changing his life for the better. 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. She was born in Gaston County, a daughter of the late Scott and Sue Ghantt. So what made you do it? Zach Galifianakis played David Scott Ghantt, with other roles played byOwen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. 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. Other FBI agents, who had wiretaps on Chambers' after being tipped off much earlier about his free-spending ways, were soon searching the expensive Cramer Mountain home he had bought with the proceeds. 44:28. AMA In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. David Ghantt: That is the like the number two question that everyone asks me. Press J to jump to the feed. David Scott Ghantt: Vault Supervisor David Scott Ghantt was the vault supervisor at the regional branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. Please click here if you want to opt-out. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760. Thats some of my work. 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. What did you have to do to survive? The Chambers moved from a trailer into a mansion, which alerted the FBI to their newfound wealth. Alert: Obviously, spoilers abound. David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. I'd probably be that infamous gringo living in Belize, kicked back on the beach, fishing and bored out of my mind. The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. She is the diamond of my soul. The only person not to plead guilty in the case, former Gastonia attorney Jeff Guller, ended up doing eight years for money laundering. Following romance reports in 2019, the Stranger Things actor and vocalist married in Las Vegas in September 2020. 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? Chambers never held Campbell hostage by locking her in a shed on his property. 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. Philip Noel Johnson, 33, was arrested in August while crossing into the United States from Mexico. David Harbour with Lily Allen. Chambers promised to wire him money in Mexico until the investigation blew over and Ghantt could return to . 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. Investigators considered Ghantt to be the prime suspect almost from the beginning. He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. And it would take a lot more than that to offend me, I thought it was funny. "I've learned that I'm a fortunate . LRM: Do you still have that well-known fame today after being a free man? Any truth to that? They kept several furnishings from the previous owners, including a painting of Elvis Presley on black velvet. The movie is hilarious. I got to eat my meal perfectly, but every 5 minutes, someone wanted to shoot a selfie with Zach or an autograph from Zach. 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 ;-). All rights reserved. He is now a stepfather to her two daughters, Ethel, 10, and Marnie, 9. Q: Your troubles were self-inflicted, but you seem happy. As a die-hard fan of personal development books, I have to say - Ghantt hits the nail on the head with each and every chapter. If I hadnt done on what I did and how everything unfolded like it didI wouldnt have my daughter today. 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. ``Thats always something that sends up a red flag, she said. Ghantt was scheduled to work a shift at the armored car company Oct. 4. 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. 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 . HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP7. Glad you like the movie. On the non-philosophical side, it probably be much better off if I done everything by myself. LRM: You did serve time in Federal prison and it was a very well-known bank robbery. The scary one is stealing the money. [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. They took a lot of liberty with the story here and there. And, with the help of several others David made off with $17.3 million dollars, 11 million of which was in 20's. Eventually, the money had to run out. While Ghantt spent more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison, he said he usedthat time to"re-invent" himself. Back then all I really wanted to do was just, I wanted to change my life. Even after the tapes showing Ghantt stealing the. Investigators also found Ghantt's pickup truck, abandoned at the warehouse. 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