An Evening with Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella “Pizza Bomber: The Untold Story of America’s Most Shocking Bank Robbery”
Posted: May 10, 2013ttention crime enthusiasts and followers of the most shocking
case of Erie. On Saturday, May 11th, Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, will be opening its doors for a presentation and book
signing by lead FBI investigator Jerry Clark and Erie Times News
reporter Ed Palattella on the events surrounding the infamous Pizza
Bomber Case.
"On August 28, 2003, in the suburbs of Erie, Pennsylvania, a
pizza delivery man named Brian Wells was accosted by several men
who locked a time bomb around his neck. They then ordered him to
rob a bank. After delivering the money, he would receive clues to
help him disarm the bomb. It was one of the most ingenious bank
robbery schemes in history, known as Collarbomb by the FBI. It did
not go according to plan. Wells, picked up by police shortly after
the robbery, never found the clues he needed. Investigating the
crime after his grisly death, the FBI soon discovered that Wells
was not, in fact, an innocent victim. He was merely the first
co-conspirator to fall in a bizarre trail of death following the
crime. Jerry Clark, the lead FBI Special Agent who cracked what
became known as the Pizza Bomber case, and investigative reporter
Ed Palattella, who followed it from the beginning, tell the
complete story, from the inside, for the first time."
- barnesandnoble.com
Barnes & Noble will host authors Jerry Clark Ph. D.,
Professor at Gannon University and Ed Palattella for a discussion
and signing of their book, "Pizza Bomber: the Untold Story of
America's Most Shocking Bank Robbery." Proceeds from purchases at
the event will benefit the Partnership for Erie Public Schools and
Erie-GAINS literacy programming.
Erie-GAINS, Gannon Alliances to Improve Neighborhood
Sustainability, was launched in 2010. Gannon University has a rich
history of service to Erie and the surrounding community and with
this initiative, the university took its commitment to service and
to the community one step further. Gannon is providing a platform
that will bring greater focus to its existing efforts aimed at
experiential learning.
The presentation and book signing will begin at 5:00 p.m. on
Saturday, May11th at Barnes & Noble located at 5909 Peach
Street. The event is free and open to the public.