Thief breaks into Michigan Lottery retailer and steals reported thousands in tickets

Comment #20

grwurston — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:56:00 GMT

Frank's Chicken Deli Pizza

Address : 33026 Mound Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48310

Phone: (586) 979-8520

Hours : Thursday 9 AM 7 PM

Friday 9 AM 7 PM

Saturday 9 AM 7 PM

Sunday Closed

Monday 9 AM 7 PM

Tuesday 9 AM 7 PM

Wednesday 9 AM 7 PM

Comment #19

Soledad — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:43:55 GMT

Well there was a store around where I live also some years ago now at least a few, where the store, a small convenience store, was broken into in the middle of the night, I think maybe like 4:00AM in the morning. Glass smashed everywhere, right in lottery tickets and cigarettes and gone. Not too long after that though, the store just stopped selling lottery tickets completely and they sold them for years too. I mean it definitely does happen.

Honestly, people that play lottery have an addict... [ More ]

Comment #18

GreyGreen — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:58:19 GMT

Looks like he forgot his disguise at home...along with his brain

Comment #17

KY Floyd — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:56:36 GMT

The whole pack is activated by bar code. So

The tickets can't possibly be worth $10,000. Not that it matters (and it probably has no effect on the burglary charge he'll presumably face), but I wonder what that means for any charge of larceny.

I wonder why a store like that was closed at 2:30 in the afternoon.

It was a Sunday, and some stores are still closed on Sundays. Of course that does seem less likely for a place called Frank's Chicken Deli Pizza than for Frank's Jewelry.... [ More ]

Comment #16

Soledad — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:47:25 GMT

I wonder why a store like that was closed at 2:30 in the afternoon. His face is easy to recognize. not to mention the football jersey and a visor? Of all things. Guys got too much time on his hands, he may just find what he's looking for...lol...in the end.

Comment #15

fashohits — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:29:07 GMT

Comment #14

Money$woman — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:03:00 GMT

Whoever this is risk 10+years in prison for nothing cuz you can't cash stolen lottery tickets! To bad he didn't know that

Comment #13

LottoBux — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:56:34 GMT

Wow, I never knew about his passing.

Thanks for the heads up Sully.

His pair system was for sure.

RIP Wheeler

Comment #12

Elizabeth03 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:07:53 GMT

Lottery tickets have bar codes. The man is a dumb criminal. Hopefully the thief is arrested. And there is justice for the store owner

Comment #11

noise-gate — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:32:47 GMT

He was great and..

Comment #10

Tucker Black — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:07:57 GMT

The lottery wins.

Comment #9

LottoNoobie — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:47:39 GMT

I wonder what would happen if one of those tickets can contained a top prize.

Comment #8

sully16 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:16:20 GMT

Some people never learn and some just don't care. Some are just dumb.

Comment #7

sully16 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:15:14 GMT

Rip Wheeler, just had to give you a up vote.

Comment #6

Stat$talker — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:10:22 GMT

FOR SUUURE

Comment #5

noise-gate — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:08:50 GMT

Comment #4

grwurston — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:14:55 GMT

He's obviously never been on LP or would have seen many stories about how that doesn't work out in the end. Unless he tries to sell them and then the people that buy them get caught when they try cashing them.

Comment #3

Tony Numbers — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:50:59 GMT

Spoiler alert, that's the next story: thief gets caught trying to cash stolen lottery ticket

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:45:37 GMT

The whole pack is activated by bar code. So he will have an unpleasant surprise when he tries to cash in a winner.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:51:27 GMT

Good luck cashing them in. Sometimes individual tickets here are activated individually. But watching cashier load lottery machine the whole packet is activated with one bar code only.

Thief breaks into Michigan Lottery retailer and steals reported thousands in tickets

Lottery Post — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:33:40 GMT

Security camera footage captures entire duration of break-in

Includes video report

By Kate Northrop

Surveillance footage captured an unidentified thief forcing his way into a Michigan Lottery retailer and reportedly stealing thousands of dollars' worth of tickets before fleeing.

A man broke into a Sterling Heights Michigan Lottery retailer and ripped thousands of dollars' worth of lottery tickets from the cabinet within minutes.

On Sunday, June 14 at around 2:30 p.m., securit... [ More ]