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That c ase, strange enough on its own, may have been the latest in a string of n*i ent painstakingly < rafted i runes, including rohlxiries of a hank and n sc ulxi diving shop, authorities said So far. 10 suspects have been named in the abduction emliellished with such theatrical flour ishes as a reported si heme to fish the ransom mon ey from the murky waters of San Francisco Hay and another to hide the vi( tun in a hole in the ground Still, authorities note, the elaborate plans failed "You can have a sophisticated plan without nei cssarily being sophistic ated," said Fill spokesman Kk k Smith For instanc e, an ()< t. 15 hank robbery featured a masked gunman bursting through a hole in the c eiling and sliding down a rope, startling employ es**. But police were summoned quickly and the rob bery ended in o running gun battle, the robber shedding cash as he fled while getting away with $35,000 Charged and arrested in that heist was F.ural Wills II, 23. of Antioc h Wills, indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury, has pleaded innocent. Wills has not been charged in the kidnapping of the jeweler's wife, but other suspects describe him as the mastermind, said Paul Sequelra, a Con tra liosta County deputy district attorney. Wills has denied any involvement in the kid napping In the IXst 21 kidnapping, two gunmen musc led their way into the home of jeweler Gene Mayer and his wife. Ruth, lied them up. stole a safe con taining $400,000 worth of jewelry and then asked. "Which one of you wants to go." according to the poin t' report It was decided that Ruth Mayer, fil. would go because her husband has a bad heart The kidnappers, who told the Mayers. " This is purely a dollai-and-t ents thing." left a note demanding S2 million ransom Published reports said the kidnappers planned to have the money tossed off Berkeley's municipal pier, to be retrieved bv si oba divers Sequeira destined t eminent on those reports However, authorities said. Wills is a stisptn t in the December robbery of an Oakland scuba diving shop, and he's had diving lessons No charges have been hied Another odd tout h in the kidnapping case was the discovery of a hole in the ground where the kidnappers may have planned to keep their victim. Sequeira said. It all fell apart after Wills' arrest on the robbery charges Det 22 Some of the Mayers' jewelry was found in Wills' van, authorities said. Wills said the jewelry was planted. Two days after the kidnapping. Ruth Mayer was freed unharmed No ransom was paid. On Thursday, three men were in jail in the kid napping . Mark Anthony Rantissi. 21. and Brian fames Tomasello, 21. both of Walnut Creek, and Francisco Cruz Sarinann, 22, of Richmond. Tomasclio and Sarinana pleaded innocent to several charges including kidnapping. Rantissi was being held on suspicion of the same charges. Two other men were arrested in the case, hut lat er released when a charging deadline expired. Four remained at large Thursday. Oakland Police Sgt. Dave Kozicki recalls inves tigating Wills in a robbery case that fell apart after a witness failed to identify him with certainty Kozicki said Wills “seemed to have a fascina tion" with criminal figures, and used to call him, apparently attempting a duel of wits along the lines of TV detective dramas. 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