203: A Stalker & a Deeply Stupid Heist

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Get ready to be infuriated.

Tiana Notice wanted nothing to do with her ex-boyfriend, James Carter. He’d seemed perfect at first, but it didn’t take long for Tiana to see his true colors. So she dumped him. But like a true shithead, James refused to take no for an answer. He called her constantly. He stalked her. Tiana went to the police for help several times. In fact, over the course of six weeks, she visited her local police station 33 times. But the police never took Tiana seriously.

Then Kristin lightens the mood with the story of a hilariously stupid heist. David Ghantt worked as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina. David made very little money, but was surrounded by so much of it that he went home every night reeking of cash. It was annoying, to say the least. So when his crush, Kelly Campbell, came to him with an idea to steal all the money from the vault, David went along with the plan. He’d steal $17.3 million dollars from the vault, and he’d keep one third of it. But he wouldn’t get the money right away. He’d need to hide out in Mexico for a while. Kelly and the rest of the money would *definitely* join him later.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
An episode of the FBI Files, titled “The Unperfect Crime”
An episode of Super Heists, titled “A Van Full of Dollars”
Reporting by Jeff Diamant for the Washington Post in 1999
“October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery,” entry on Wikipedia

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
“If I Can’t Have You” episode Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
“Valentine's Day murder: Stalker violates restraining order, kills ex-girlfriend” True Crime Daily
“Jury Begins Deliberations In Carter Murder Trial” by Hilda Muñoz, Hartford Courant
“Carter Found Guilty Of Murder” by Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant
“Carter Refuses To Be In Court As He Is Sentenced To 60 Years For Killing Tiana Notice” by Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant
“STATE of Connecticut v. James P. CARTER, Jr.” findlaw.com
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