Man charged with stealing scratch-off tickets after returning to same store to cash winner
By APSunday, March 7, 2010
Accused scratch-off thief returns to same store
BARTOW, Fla. — A Winter Haven man was arrested after authorities said he took a winning scratch-off ticket back to the store he had stolen it from a day earlier. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported that a 22-year-old man stole $70 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets from a Circle K store on Sunday. One of the tickets revealed a $50 prize.
When the man went back to the store on Monday to claim the money, a clerk who was aware of the theft asked the man for his driver’s license and wrote down the information. The clerk called the authorities, and deputies went to arrest the man.
He was charged with retail theft and later released on $250 bail.
Information from: News Chief, www.polkonline.com
