Corrections officer charged with forging lottery ticket worth $20,000

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sweetie7398 — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 22:50:37 GMT

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noise-gate — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:33:33 GMT

I was wondering why Barry would do such a thing until l checked this..

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cottoneyedjoe — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:12:08 GMT

That gave me a good laugh.

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sully16 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:21:36 GMT

I guess he thought he had to correct the ticket.

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reddog — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:31:29 GMT

Good ole Cook County again. One call to Foxx and he will be released from all charges.

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Stack47 — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 22:35:20 GMT

Or because he learned a thing or two from inmates, he though his crime would pay.

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TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:09:15 GMT

He, of all people, should know that crime doesn't pay

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cottoneyedjoe — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:52:31 GMT

Did he do it the naive way by altering the text and numbers he scratched off, or was he more sophisticated and tried to alter the barcode? I wonder if he successfully cashed lots of low-denomination fraudulent winning tickets at retailers before attempting a bigger con that requires going to the claims center.

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:14:36 GMT

It won't happen but sweet justice if he got a little jail time over this.

You play you pay.

Corrections officer charged with forging lottery ticket worth $20,000

Lottery Post — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:10:13 GMT

An Illinois correctional officer has been charged with forging a lottery ticket worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Darrell Barry, 46, is charged in Cook County with a felony count of fraud and a felony count of violation of Illinois lottery law, Illinois State Police said in a statement.

Barry turned himself into the custody of state police on July 12 at the Chicago Police District 1 headquarters, 1718 S. State St., state police said.

He allegedly attempted to cash an altered Illinois