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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Home -> Forums -> Lottery News -> Florida men charged with lottery ticket theft Florida men charged with lottery ticket theft Florida Lottery: Florida men charged with lottery ticket theftTwo Jacksonville men are facing felony charges over a stolen lottery ticket that was redeemed for $20,000, according to a police report. Kenneth R. Hayes, 55, and James C. Picray, 47, were charged Friday with dealing in stolen property, according to police records. Picray was also charged with grand theft, according to the records. An arrest report said several books of lottery tickets were stolen since last month from the Kangaroo Express store at 5700 Philips Highway. The report said Hayes cashed a winning ticket worth $20,000 at the Lottery district office in Jacksonville this month while a surveillance camera recorded Picray waiting in the office lobby. The report said $2,700 worth of stolen tickets had been recovered. Picray was released Saturday after posting $10,003 bond. Hayes was released on $5,003 bond. Hayes declined to comment, and a message left with a woman at Picray's home wasn't returned. Lottery Post Staff We'd love to see your comments here! Register for a FREE membership — it takes just a few moments — and you'll be able to post comments here and on any of our forums. If you're already a member, you can Log In to post a comment. 13 comments. Last comment 3 years ago by . United States Member #61017 April 21, 2008 460 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 9:39 am - IP Logged | |
How smart do you have to be to steal tickets and then go to the DISTRICT OFFICE YOURSELF and claim a ticket?! I wonder what will happen to the tickets he stole; will they be reprinted? | | |
Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 3940 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 11:35 am - IP Logged | |
How smart do you have to be to steal tickets and then go to the DISTRICT OFFICE YOURSELF and claim a ticket?! I wonder what will happen to the tickets he stole; will they be reprinted? I don't think it would have mattered who cashed the tickets. I think the police knew the tickets had been stolen. My guess is, if the thieves had gotten an innocent bystander to cash the ticket, that that person would have been charged as well. "No one remembers the person who almost climbed the mountain, only the person who eventually gets to the top."
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United States Member #61017 April 21, 2008 460 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 11:37 am - IP Logged | |
this is true. He should have known the tickets were numbered anyway. if he cashed in anything over $500 he was asking to be arrested by going to district | | |
North Carolina United States Member #53598 June 24, 2007 5685 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 11:38 am - IP Logged | |
let's say after the man stole the tickets, he threw them in the trash.. I walk by and see them in the trash sometime after... i scratch them off and then see that I won. when i go to the lottery office I get arrested. how believeable would it be that I found them in the trash? | | |
Dallas, TX United States Member #60771 April 12, 2008 3809 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 12:20 pm - IP Logged | |
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I just love reading about stupid thieves.It starts my day off with a laugh! | | |
Chief Bottle Washer New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 19721 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 2:19 pm - IP Logged | |
I just love reading about stupid thieves.It starts my day off with a laugh! Yeah, makes us all feel smarter.   | | |
charlotte, north carolina United States Member #65783 September 22, 2008 1622 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 2:29 pm - IP Logged | |
i found some tickets on the ground yesterday, with 215. they were for the evening drawing. WOW, how scary, I'm glad they were not stolen sad that 804 fell instead 215. | | |
United States Member #10921 January 23, 2005 932 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 8:46 pm - IP Logged | |
Picray is an anagram of "Piracy"... sometimes I find discard tickets worth up to 10 or 15 dollars. If I find one worth 20K I would turn it in under condition that if no one claims it and it's genuinely lost then it's mine. At least I'd be in the News and probably mentioned on here. It would mean more to me to see its rightful owner get it back and the joy it would bring to their life. (no I don't believe in just giving everyone 20K because that's not quite the same thing.) I once found a Mega ticket for a future drawing that I turned in, it won $7 but I don't know who got it. | | |
Ohio United States Member #60163 March 24, 2008 75 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 24, 2008, 11:40 pm - IP Logged | |
With the way the economy is now, times are tough. Some people are just going nuts. What is this world coming to? I don't like theives at all. | | |
Thomasville United States Member #56579 November 2, 2007 452 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 25, 2008, 10:47 am - IP Logged | |
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philadelphia,PA United States Member #27441 November 26, 2005 511 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 25, 2008, 1:37 pm - IP Logged | |
It's a shame that someone missed out on buying a $20,000 winning ticket. I would like to know if they stolen a unopened pack of tickets. I have seen people buy $100 worth of scatch offs...maybe volume has its own reward. Not stealing tickets.  Keep It In until It Wins!
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United States Member #15415 May 10, 2005 369 Posts Offline | | Posted: November 25, 2008, 2:56 pm - IP Logged | |
Odd amounts for bail... wonder if they can cough up the extra $3 | | |
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