Say it ain't so. Brian Wells, the "pizza bomber" -- who some first thought an innocent dupe -- is believed to be a co-conspirator in the strange crime that took his life. Wells died when the bomb attached to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank. The story was bizzare---and even more bizarre because Wells claimed to police -- just prior to his death, that he was an innocent man forced to carry out the robbery by the real criminals. But an indictment released today names Wells as part of the conspiracy, which has even taken stranger turns (think body in the freezer):
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In federal indictments released Wednesday, Wells is named as a co-conspirator in the robbery plot, along with two other people, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and her friend, Kenneth E. Barnes. They are charged with bank robbery and conspiracy. *
Diehl-Armstrong has been linked to the case for years. Investigators have said the body of her boyfriend was found in a freezer in a home close to where Wells made his final delivery.
*Diehl-Armstrong is in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill in the murder of her boyfriend. Barnes is described as a fishing buddy of Wells. *
Along with making national headlines, the pizza bomber inspired a Law & Order CI episode.
