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Man gets 45 years in prison in Pa. collarbomb case
« on: December 03, 2008, 09:18:44 PM »


ERIE, Pa. – A man who took part in a bizarre bank robbery plot that turned deadly when a bomb affixed to the neck of a pizza deliveryman exploded was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison Wednesday.

Kenneth Barnes was "intimately involved" in the plot and not just a minor player, U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin said. Barnes suggested bomb parts, provided magazine articles about bomb making and was present when the bomb was put on Brian Wells before he robbed a bank in 2003, McLaughlin said.

The plot's alleged mastermind, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, 59, is awaiting an exam to determine if she is mentally competent to stand trial.

Diehl-Armstrong is serving a seven- to 20-year prison sentence for killing her boyfriend, 45-year-old James Roden, to keep him silent about the bank robbery scheme. She pleaded guilty but mentally ill in that case.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_re_us/bank_robbery_explosion;_ylt=AgOtmjUmqDDmE8AN3p9we6FvzwcF
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Re: Man gets 45 years in prison in Pa. collarbomb case
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 09:25:45 PM »
Tell me again how the Death Penalty doesn't make any sense?
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Re: Man gets 45 years in prison in Pa. collarbomb case
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2008, 09:27:23 PM »
Serving 7-20 years for premeditated murder?  WTF Over...
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Re: Man gets 45 years in prison in Pa. collarbomb case
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2008, 10:09:34 PM »
Everyone involved in that thing was/is completely batshit crazy.  I lived in Erie when it all happened.  The stuff that came out about the people that were believed to be involved was just beyond insane.  At least they were all old enough that they couldn't reproduce with each other.  Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong is stone cold nuts but she should be the first one fried.
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