Raised hackles and shears over a lottery card mix-up

Comment #5

LottoAce — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:30:06 GMT

What would have been hilarious is if Mr. Cardoso would have bought the ticket and then scratched it a winner!

snooze you loose, beeootches

Comment #4

MaximumMillions — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:13:10 GMT

Comment #3

Stack47 — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:04:59 GMT

It's ironic that I was just telling an LP member it's a bad idea to mess around with real lottery players. Even Octogenarians should know better than to think a scratch-off ticket laying on a table is finders/keepers especially when the person that purchased it caught him. It would be interesting to know what happened between the time the police arrived and Cardoso was handcuffed.

I'm guessing Cardoso didn't put down the shears when he was told.

Comment #2

noise-gate — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:19:48 GMT

It's only fair game if the ticket was in the trash can. If someone left their wallet on the counter by mistake, you l would have no business going through it.The principle is the same.Jose better keep his nose clean moving forward .

Comment #1

music* — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:58:59 GMT

I am happy to hear that crime has been reduced in Manhattan. Jose Cardoza learned a lesson the hard way. Keep your hands off another person's property. But threatening another person with pruning shears is a serious crime. I wonder what the District Attorney will ask for in his trial or pretrial hearing.

Raised hackles and shears over a lottery card mix-up

Lottery Post — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:57:07 GMT

The old man shuffled along West 10th Street on Thursday toward the police station in Manhattan. He has lived next door for decades. He had a question.

He paused before the decorative iron fence marked 6th PCT, and the plaque naming its donors: The Camacho Family. That was his extended family, with whom the man, Jose Cardoso, has lived on the block since the 1950s.

He entered the police precinct house, walking past uniformed officers, sticking his head into a detective's office and shouting... [ More ]