MIAMI – A Florida few faces felony prices for faking a big Florida Lottery win.
The Escambia Co. Sheriff’s Place of work said Kira Enders and her boyfriend Dakota Jones, from Walton County, are accused of seeking to go off a $50 scratch-off lottery ticket as a million dollar winner.
The Florida Lottery mentioned the 500 Instances The Cash ticket was truly two tickets unskillfully pieced collectively.
“They experienced an particular person that thought that they could, they could crudely get two tickets and place them alongside one another and faux as if they have been a million greenback winner,” claimed Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons.
He claimed Enders, 36, turned the pretend ticket in at a Florida Lottery office in Pensacola on March 1st. In accordance to the arrest report, the lottery business office personnel promptly identified the ticket was phony as Enders tried to income it in. The report notes that Enders confirmed she was the operator of the ticket, together with a signed affidavit stating the ticket was actual, and acknowledging the penalties of perjury if caught lying.
More investigation uncovered the two tickets experienced no winning prizes at all.
The sheriff claimed this was considerably from the best criminal offense.
“I never believe this is gonna be a created-for-Television film sort of scenario because, uh, it was apparent to the lottery officials, and of course apparent to us, that she had taken two tickets with unique, you know, 1 side experienced one particular serial variety, the other aspect had the other serial number on it. In particular each time you faux like you have gained a million dollars, they are gonna take a glance at this at this ticket.”
Less than a week right after attempting to funds in, the sheriff’s office environment mentioned Enders identified as the lottery office in lookup of her prize. Instead, investigators questioned to communicate in man or woman with Enders and the individual who introduced her there, afterwards identified as Jones
Inspite of officers pointing out the two independent tickets and displaying Enders that the terms on the back again of the tickets didn’t match up, investigators stated she frequently insisted the ticket was actual and only taped following ripping it aside.
The arrest report states that the few experienced two entirely unique tales on how they obtained the ticket. The inconsistencies in their statements are what led to their arrest this week.
“If you happen to be gonna test to declare a million bucks, you’ve got to do a good deal much better than this. You know, you might be not a lottery winner, you might be a felony.”
