country in an attempt to unionize the company. now, back to dateline. now, back to dateline. it was surreal. it was like you re not gonna believe what happened. this is adam russo, no, he isn t a bank executive or teller, not another victim of the violent bank robbing gang terrorizing east tennessee. back in september 2015, more than a month before broke lions ordeal, adam was an assistant restaurant manager on his way to a job interview. driving west on i-40 in north carolina, in a car he borrowed from his fiancée. what kind of car does she have by the way? 2005 ford focus. so a little car. little car, you know, gets you where you need to go. if you try telling adam he was on his way to becoming perhaps one of the most crucial player in a case that had befuddled an army investigators,
the missile flew towards its easter waters. japanese officials also said they spotted missile launches. an ftx founder, some big run for, it is expected to waive extradition on monday. former cryptocurrency executive was arrested in the bahamas this week. he will face multiple charges. he returns to the u.s.. including fraud. down, back to dateline. back to dateline it was no close to ten a.m.. almost 90 minutes since that first drove into the parking lot of the credit union. and sitting in the car. you re strapped into an explosive device. an explosive device. due to go off in about an hour. i m like, are my employees watching this? i don t want anyone to see me blow up. this is not what i want to be doing. so, that next hour was just
blindfolded. the attackers and loaded the entire family in the harris s car including their five month old son. the attackers knew where tanner worked and drove there with the family. fbi agent make. they re going to keep the son and the wife while he goes and drops the bank. this is a child in arms? this is make it a special case? your ramping up when you re talking about a defenseless infant. tanner went into the vault as seen from this bank surveillance camera and loaded a black bag with cash. he then went out to the banks parking lot to the car where the kidnappers were holding his family. you see the car stop and the passenger side door open. you see tanner harris hand over a very large bag, but you can see a very brief struggle. tanner demanded that the kidnappers let his wife and child go before he will turn over the cash. at which time the bag is yanked, door shut, car speeds
minutes until that bob would explode. matt eased into a parking spot. a realtime went oh. they re all screaming, get out of the car. get out of the car. he gets out of the car. we get out of our cars. there was a good 15 seconds of silence. him looking at us, us looking at him. trying to figure out what was going on. his partner drew his gun that matt. i m wearing an explosive device. they re like, show us. so, i looked at my shirt. show him what i was wearing. really, holy cow, i heavily is real. you are persuaded hundred percent. because it was a frigid nine degrees that february morning, sergeant told matt to get back in his car. that, he and his partner protective listed 100 feet ay. jim was britain s chief of police. overseeing 165 officers for the
what the facts were you re not fighting any cooperating evidence in his vehicle, his home? no evidence except his mom. no evidence to support matt story. investigators search his house and car with a fine tooth comb looking for fingerprints or dna from the kidnappers, but found nothing. what s more, matt did take a polygraph test and failed part of it. results indicated he wasn t telling the truth when asked if he had any involvement in the scheme. i know i m in trouble, i know that i am needing an attorney and this is not going to go well for me. matt was right, in the following days authorities got search warrants for his home. they collected computers and phones, subpoenaed his records and started digging into his finances. then matt was placed on paid leave from his job. you re investigated not only by the authorities i m now being investigated by my own credit union to make sure that they can clear me. but what no one knew is that