Everyone dreams of winning the lottery and it became a reality for a First Coast man. The only problem is that winning means his past is catching up with him.
He's the man who won $11 million from the Florida Lotto after buying the winning ticket from a San Marco grocery store. Now, the North Carolina Division of Social Services is looking for lotto winner, Jessie Riggs.
Child Support Enforcement Agent, Wanda Scott says her agency has been looking to find Riggs for 15 years.
"He may owe in the neighborhood of $10,000 in back child support."
Scott says the Child Support Enforcement has never been able to track Riggs down without a reported income.
Riggs and his former wife, Rachael Ange divorced in 1998 while they were living in North Carolina. Ange still lives there with their child, 15 year old Tracy.
"He never tried to pay anything," says Ange. Their daughter was 7 months old when Riggs left town. Ange says she never heard from him again.
I thought the lottery system is online with the child support in case you owe back child support, back taxes etc....
It is, but only if the debts are recorded in the state where the winner is cashed. Since she had no idea he was in Florida, she would not have registered the debt. Therefore, FL authorities would have no idea he owed back child support in NC.