rothstein s attorney, gene placidi, also wondered about the wisdom of alluding to the bombing case. typical bill, he brings up outta the blue, the pizza bomber case. and it was almost like he was drawing attention to himself cause he wanted to. if that weren t enough to make investigators suspicious, there was something else that began to draw attention to rothstein like a neon sign. the location of the crime. the frozen body was found in rothstein s garage, located here. right up a gravel road, a couple of hundred yards away, was the tv tower site where investigators knew brian wells made his last pizza delivery. it wasn t a home or business, but a dirt parking lot. it was too strange of a coincidence. because of that, fbi agent clark became convinced the cases were related and was determined to learn how rothstein may have been involved with the pizza bombing. so his next move was to talk with rothstein. i interviewed him and i knew
scavenger hunt going on. and if he follows the notes in a timely manner, he can go from point a to b, to c, to d and come up with the holy grail, which is the key to unlock this thing. that s basically what it was. it was a scavenger hunt. and each site was to have notes on where to go next and a key to one of the four keyholes that held the device around his neck. jerry clark had never seen anything like it. no one had. investigators decided to retrace wells steps. it looked as though he was following the instructions to the letter. jerry, i m lookin over here. i see an urgent care business. but in 2003, that was the bank, huh? yes. that was the pnc bank. mr. wells robs the bank and proceeds down keystone drive here, turns right into where we re standing. and this is the start of this crazy scavenger hunt, huh?
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pennsylvania state police crime unit supervisor lamont king rolled out. jerry clark of the fbi was on his way so was the erie pd bomb squad. tv news live vans weren t far behind. the pizza guy turned bank robber drove out of the mcdonald s parking lot, next to the bank but didn t get far. wells was intercepted just up the hill by troopers only a few hundred yards from the bank itself. they had him get out the vehicle at which time they they noticed a collar around his neck. the robber told them he was wearing a bomb. they weren t about to doubt him. the troopers took precaution, handcuffed the individual, kneeled him down. and, then, they proceeded to take cover. fbi man jerry clark arrived moments later. i came screaming up peach, and i pulled exactly to the end of the lot and thought, oh, man, that s too close. so i immediately reversed, came around, and got into this parking lot. and he s talkin to the officers. he is. wells identified himself
but going on out the door, she said, you better check on it a guy named ken barnes. did you put more weight on that and flush it snout. absolutely. ken barnes, a new name. he knew of barnes. and as soon as we heard the name, we knew he was a crack dealer in time. marjorie, and ken barnes had been friends for many years. they were fishing buds at a local pier. clark started tailing barnes. you go after him. we did. and there were several times where we would have to sort of track ken down. and say, hey, ken, get in the car, let s chat. but that s all it was, a chat. barnes gave him nothing. so, clark did a deep dive on the guy s contact with the