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federal agents want to know why david ghantt would risk everything to steal so much money, all because of an unfulfilled love affair with kelly campbell. they got their answer after ghantt is arrested. during his flight from mexico to the united states. the question was, what was it about kelly? and i posed it to david. and he looked at me, and he said, you re not going to believe this, but all it took was just one kiss. and i kind of looked at him. he said, no, really, i ve only kissed that woman one time, and then he hung his head down low and he said, turns out to be a pretty expensive kiss, don t you think? at that point, i couldn t help but smile, because he was exactly right. not only was that a $17 million kiss, but it was something that was going to cost him the next decade of his life locked up in prison. ....
They stick it all in the vault. they are putting it on pallets, remember, we re talking about large sums of it. and they separate it by different methods, barcodes, and shrink wrap. for months, david scott ghantt had been plotting to make a move. he s in love with a former loomis employee, kelly campbell. she tells ghantt they will hide out together in mexico. each will bring their share of the cash, which could total more than $10 million. they will quietly spend the rest of their lives in love, living off the stolen money. what ghantt doesn t know is kelly campbell is lying. kelly started at loomis fargo in 1996. she was attractive, had dirty blonde hair, and an attitude that drew him to her. she and david got to know each other when he asked to have a cigarette. he went up to her one day and kind of said in a flirty way, if you let me have a cigarette i ll let you be my friend. kelly said, i don t need any ....
Ghantt might be the one committing the actual robbery, but steve chambers is the ringleader behind the operation. there s a lot in this tale that owes to hollywood depiction of crime. steve chambers was a big fan of the movie, reservoir dogs. in reservoir dogs, the thieves do not know each other s names. and the reason for that is when the police come to get them later on, they won t be able to identify each other. it was a saturday, and david worked that day with a trainee, who obviously was very new to the company and did not know the ropes. david was actually relying on this. he figured he would be able to tell the trainee when it was okay to leave. in fact, david actually at the end of the shift, left the door of the vault ajar. normally, it would have been closed. the trainee didn t know to ask about this. the vault is a fortified gray room. it is rectangular in shape. shelves and file cabinets line its walls with push carts used to transport bales of shrink-wrapped money. ....
david, you know that i love you, that your family loves you, my family loves you. we believe that you are the victim here, david, and we stand by you 100%. while ghantt s friends and family members plead for his safe return, the stolen money is taken to steve chambers mobile him in a trailer park in nearby gastonia. imagine sitting on $14 million, and you struggle just buying your groceries, so you think having $14 million is going to be great. you still have a logistical problem of sitting on all this cash. what happens if someone breaks in? what happens if the trailer catches on fire? what happens if there s a problem at home and an ambulance comes or the police knock on the door? you can t hide this. i mean, it s stacked against the walls. chambers recruits several friends and family members to open safety deposit boxes at area banks. the new accomplices then stuff the containers full of bills and ....
Before he leaves, ghantt takes the tapes from the two security cameras. he believes this is the only proof that connects him to the crime. he knew where both machines were. you could see that all, filming inside and outside the building, were being covered by those two machines. what he was unaware of, there was a redundant system that was monitoring a couple of those cameras. ghantt gets into the driver s seat, starts the van and makes his way to the building s electronic back gate. all that stands between him and a clean getaway is the gate s electronic button. but when he presses it, nothing happens. coming up with the back gate locked, david ghantt will have to find another way out of the loomis fargo & company facility. the gate didn t work, so david panicked. after all, he d already committed the crime. new charmin ultra strong, dude. ....