Florida man steals lottery tickets, returns in a different outfit for more

Comment #8

EdG1955 — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 22:38:59 GMT

He made an obvious mistake. You need to wear glasses when you change your identity. Just ask Superman.

Comment #7

Lady0905 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:07:05 GMT

Now the question is how was he able to come back twice and no employee's was around. I am wondering whether or not the employee's was in on it...

Comment #6

Speler — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:32:46 GMT

Might be a press-joke again? We had that in all newspapers, black here, black there, and now blacks everywhere with asians too. You cannot miss our black in your american Starbucks in our european trainstation. Some governments slept or avoided some costs somehow? In fifty years from normal to racial disaster. ... - Otherwise it is a Lustig method, get more tickets to win big. Very lustig.

Comment #5

KY Floyd — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:23:12 GMT

AFAIK scratch tickets are like gift cards. All of the printing that determines their value is there, but it doesn't mean anything until it's activated at the time of sale. He probably won't get caught when trying to cash any winners, but there's a pretty good chance he'll provide a better picture to increase his chances of being identified and caught later.

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 23:09:53 GMT

Been years since buying a scratcher from a clerk, but remember they scanned each ticket bought. Not sure what FL does in this regard.

Do believe in the self service machine each roll is scanned as it is loaded...but will ask without trying to be too nosey next time a refill is witnessed.

So if not scanned he'll get caught when trying to cash them in

Comment #3

Fish7568 — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:43:07 GMT

Where is the employee of the store? This persons have a family member and friends working this store

Comment #2

Fish7568 — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:36:57 GMT

If he cashout the ticket. He will be in prison.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:17:16 GMT

* l would love to read he's excuse when he is apprehended.

* Good thing those orange outfits come in all sizes

Florida man steals lottery tickets, returns in a different outfit for more

Lottery Post — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:09:29 GMT

Thief presses his luck twice

Includes video report

By Kate Northrop

A Florida man committed two thefts within the same night, stealing scratch-off lottery tickets out of a case and returning to the convenience store for more in a different outfit.

A thief thought he was being crafty when he stole from the same store twice in two separate outfits.

On Monday, surveillance video footage inside a Gulf Coast convenience store in Fort Myers captured an unnamed man entering the building