Erie collar-bomb defendant to appear at competency hearing
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A woman accused in the collar-bomb death of a pizza delivery man in a suburban Erie bank robbery is expected at a court hearing to determine if she’s mentally competent for trial.
Fifty-nine-year-old Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was indicted in July on bank robbery, conspiracy and a firearms violation in the August 2003 robbery that left Brian Wells dead.
Her attorneys say she has a history of mental illness and has been found incompetent in the past. She’s expected in court Wednesday.
Wells told police he was forced at gunpoint to wear a bomb around his neck and rob the bank. As officers waited for a bomb squad, the device exploded, killing him.
Diehl-Armstrong is in prison for killing her boyfriend. Prosecutors say she killed him so he wouldn’t tell of the plot.