One of the winners of the biggest price ever awarded in the history of the Kentucky lottery will not have had time to take advantage of it, when he was arrested only a few hours later, for kicking a police officer during an altercation that would have degenerated.
“It will be a great Mother’s Day. It will allow me to reimburse my debts. I could never have imagined it, I have not yet realized, “said Linda Grizzle, James Shannon Farthing, 50, only a few hours before her son’s arrest in Florida, reported” USA Today “on Wednesday.
On April 28, Georgetown’s duo, Kentucky, posed in front of the smile camera, after winning the tidy of US 167.3 million, the equivalent of $ 230.7M $ $ 230.3 million, after purchasing a $ 2 post in PowerBall.
It was the biggest lot ever delivered by the Kentucky lottery, had also underlined the organization by press release.
Except that, only a few hours after harvesting the check, the wind would have turned for the 50 -year -old man and his spouse Jacqueline Fightmaster, who were both arrested at Tradewinds seaside resort in Saint Pete Beach in Florida.
Indeed, according to the arrest file consulted by the American media, the winner was accused of having struck another client, then of having kicked a police officer from the Sheriff of the county of Pinellas after an argument which would have degenerated only the next day.
On images of body cameras shared by “USA Today”, you can see James Shannon Farthing kick the policeman who tried to separate the two men, before trying to flee from the police, who finally placed him on the ground.
In parallel, his spouse would also have passed the handcuffs after looking in turn to fight with other customers on the spot, according to the American media. She would face a chief of accusation of public order disorder.
“She seemed very poisoned and howled, shouted and made incoherent remarks,” he written in court documents, according to “USA Today”.
According to “The Smoking Gun”, an American media specializing in crimes, the 50-year-old already had a criminal file fully fulfilled to the point of being categorized as “repeat offender” by the police forces of Kentucky, we can read.
