2 months ago
A man who precocious won a $167m Powerball lottery jackpot stands accused of stealing nan comparatively paltry sum of $12,000 aft breaking into a location successful his location authorities of Kentucky connected Saturday, according to authorities who arrested him.
James Farthing’s apprehension connected Saturday connected counts of burglary and illicit marijuana possession reportedly was astatine slightest his 3rd since winning Kentucky’s astir lucrative lottery prize ever.
Farthing, 51, was allegedly captured connected surveillance cameras astatine nan broadside doorway of a woman’s location successful Lexington earlier unlawfully entering nan place, constabulary wrote successful an apprehension citation that was reported by nan section news outlet WKYT. The break-in unfortunate heard a large sound accordant pinch a doorway being busted open, and she realized $12,000 was missing from nan location aft Farthing collapsed in, officers alleged successful nan citation.
Police later recovered Farthing astatine a casino and harness-racing way and took him into custody successful relationship pinch nan alleged burglary. Officers said they added nan forbidden marijuana possession count aft searching his car and uncovering nan herb on pinch aggregate blunts, including 1 that had burnt retired successful his vehicle’s ashtray.
Farthing had spent astir of his life successful and retired of incarceration earlier he, his mother and woman bought nan winning summons for a $167m Powerball jackpot awarded successful April 2025, according to nan Smoking Gun website.
Hitting that jackpot near them pinch deciding whether to cod nan afloat magnitude successful yearly increments complete 29 years aliases instantly successful a one-time, lump sum of $77.3m.
Farthing and his family said they would talk pinch a financial advisor earlier choosing nan amended action for them.
As Farthing put it, nan triumph resulted from playing nan odds. “I’m ever buying [lottery tickets] ’cause I’m like, ‘Somebody’s gotta win,’” he later told WKYT.
It was a matter of days earlier he recorded different brushwood pinch nan rule – erstwhile officials successful Florida said he deed a edifice impermanent successful nan face, kicked a lawman and violated his parole conditions by leaving Kentucky without permission.
He pleaded blameworthy to that lawsuit successful early March arsenic portion of a woody requiring him to salary $1,000 successful fines but sparing him immoderate further jailhouse time, WKYT reported.
Furthermore, successful February, Kentucky authorities arrested Farthing connected allegations that he tried to intimidate a subordinate of a ineligible process. Investigators said nan alleged unfortunate successful that lawsuit reported gathering Farthing and being pressured into ingesting a marijuana edible. The female later reportedly called constabulary and reported that group pinch a limb wanted to wounded her.
Officers who responded to nan segment alleged that they recovered marijuana and a gun. And arsenic nan alleged unfortunate was being questioned, constabulary accused Farthing of sending her a matter connection which read, “Why would you do this to me? Unreal. I’d ne'er wounded you.”
Farthing was tentatively owed successful tribunal successful nan burglary lawsuit connected Monday and connected nan intimidation complaint connected Thursday. He besides reportedly has an abstracted hit-and-run lawsuit pending.
