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Brian Wells Robs Bank and Dies.
Wells had told police that he was forced by 4 black men to wear the bomb, then rob the bank. The police had later found out that Wells was lying and he was actually apart of the scheme that had been planned by Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong. -
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Pizza Bomber Timeline
2003 was the year that the world renown event labled the Pizza Bomber had started. The Pizza Bomber was located in an area very close to us, Erie PA. This case had delt with a group of people in it for either money or revenge.. -
Wells Dead Friend
On this day Wells friend had died from an accidental Drug overdose. -
William A. Rothstein
On this day, Rothstein had called police stating that he had a body stuffed in he's freezer. The bosy had been reported to be the body of James Roden, Diehl-Armstrong's boyfriend. Rothstein had been admitted that it was the work of Diehl-Armstrong. -
When Marjorie was first found out.
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was charged for the death of her Boyfriend on this day. James was hit by a fatal bullet shot by Marjorie herself a couple days before the bomb had gone off. Marjorie had killed her boyfriend due to suspicion of her telling authorites what had happened. -
Police Start the Questioning.
The Federal Agents began the questioning with Rothstein of what had really happened leading up to the Pizza Bomber. -
Marjorie is sent to Prison
Marjorie is sent to Erie County Prison to Mayview State Hospital, near Pittsburgh, for a long-term psychiatric evaluation in the Roden case. She is off limits to investigators while at Mayview because of her mental state. -
William A. Rothstein Dies.
Rothstein dies at the age of 60, he died from Cancer. On his death bed the investigaters questioned Rothstein but he had said nothing about the Wells Case. -
Marjorie Pleads Guilty
Diehl-Armstrong pleads guilty but mentally ill to third-degree murder in Roden's death in Erie County Court and is sentenced to seven to 20 years in a state prison. She never challenges the contention of the District Attorney's Office that she killed Roden because he was slow in helping her solve the robbery of $133,000 in cash from her house over Memorial Day weekend 2003. -
More Information Given
A state police investigator, David Gluth, now a sergeant, interviews Diehl-Armstrong about another case while she's in prison. She says she has information about the Wells case, and says Rothstein was involved and knew Wells. Gluth passes along the information to the FBI. -
Diehl-Armstrong Admits to Killing Roden
Clark and Wick interview Diehl-Armstrong at the state prison at Cambridge Springs. According to the FBI, she says she killed Roden to silence him in the Wells plot, and she says she never spoke in detail about his killing because she feared it would implicate her in the Wells case. Diehl-Armstrong first raised the possibility of immunity during the interview; she kept talking, and never ended up getting a deal. She would later dispute the FBI's version of her statements. -
Barnes turns in Diehl-Armstrong
Wick and Clark meet with Diehl-Armstrong. She gets upset when told of Barnes' comments and denies being with him on Aug. 27 and 28, 2003. She claims Rothstein framed her. -
Diehl-Armstrong Shows FBI where she was on the day of the murder.
Diehl-Armstrong would talk to Wick and Clark a total of eight times. This was the date of her last interview. Along with her personal lawyer, Lawrence D'Ambrosio, who encouraged her to talk, she goes on a ride with Wick and Clark on upper Peach Street. She points out where she was throughout the day when Wells was killed, according to the FBI. -
Patton gets Marjorie to stop talking
Diehl-Armstrong gets a court-appointed lawyer, Thomas Patton. He gets her to stop talking to the authorities. -
Felonies
A federal grand jury, which has been meeting in the Wells case for close to two years and was about to have its term expire, indicts Diehl-Armstrong and Barnes on the felonies of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and using a destructive device in a crime of violence. The grand jury names Wells and Rothstein as unindicted co-conspirators. -
Unseals indictments
The U.S. Attorney's Office unseals the indictments. Stockton is not named in the indictment. He is believed to have reached an immunity deal with the government in exchange for testifying against Diehl-Armstrong and Barnes. -
Barnes not guilty
Barnes pleads not guilty. -
Diehl-Armstrong's lawyer pleads not guilty
Diehl-Armstrong's lawyer pleads not guilty on her behalf. -
Diehl-Armstrong incompetent for trial
U.S. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin rules Diehl-Armstrong incompetent for trial, largely because of her bipolar disorder. He orders her to undergo more mental-health exams in the federal prison system. -
Barnes Guilty
Barnes pleads guilty before McLaughlin to conspiracy to commit bank robbery as well as using a destructive device during a crime of violence, both felonies. -
Barnes 45 years in Federal prison
McLaughlin sentences Barnes, whose current age is 56, to 45 years in federal prison. He agrees to testify against Diehl-Armstrong, a deal that could get him a sentence reduction later. "What happened to him," Barnes says of Wells in court, "was something that was not supposed to happen." -
Competent to stand trial
McLaughlin finds Diehl-Armstrong competent to stand trial. -
Patton Fired
McLaughlin grants Diehl-Armstrong's request that she be allowed to fire Patton, the assistant federal public defender, because, she says, she cannot get along with him. -
New Lawyer
McLaughlin appoints Diehl-Armstrong her current lawyer, Douglas Sughrue, of Pittsburgh. -
Court Hearing
At a court hearing, McLaughlin reviews a physician's report that gives Diehl-Armstrong three to seven years to live. The prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Marshall Piccinini, said he plans to proceed with the trial; he said he would have considered halting the trial if the medical report had given Diehl-Armstrong less time to live. McLaughlin sets a trial date for Oct. 12. -
Defense request denied
McLaughlin denies a defense request that, because of pretrial publicity, he impanel an out-of-town jury or move the trial to Pittsburgh from Erie. McLaughlin says he will revisit the request if the defense and U.S. Attorney's Office have difficulty selecting a jury from a pool of northwestern Pennsylvania residents. -
Evidentiary Hearing
McLaughlin holds an evidentiary hearing and listens to a defense request that he suppress as evidence the statements Diehl-Armstrong made to investigators. -
Statements
McLaughlin refuses to suppress Diehl-Armstrong's statements. -
Trial
Jury begins deliberations. -
Guilty
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong found guilty of the felonies of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and using a destructive device in a crime of violence -
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movie about the pizza bombing comes out -
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