Kentucky man who won Powerball jackpot lands in Florida jail days later
LOUISVILLE Ky AP A Kentucky Powerball winner was arrested and charged with kicking a police officer in Florida days after he won a million jackpot James S Farthing who goes by Shannon detected out Sunday that he won the state s biggest ever jackpot after his mother called him according to a media release from the Kentucky Lottery The lottery reported Farthing and his mother were splitting the winnings But Farthing was in a Florida jail by midweek according to media reports He has been charged with battery of a police officer and resisting arrest after a Pinellas County Sheriff s deputy was attempting to break up a fight between Farthing and another person in a hotel when Farthing kicked the officer in the face according to a police account written Tuesday The officer stated Farthing to turn around put his hands behind his back but Farthing attempted to flee the police document reported Farthing was booked into jail early Wednesday morning and remained in custody Friday according to the county s online jail records Farthing went to lottery headquarters in Louisville Kentucky on Monday with his mother Linda Grizzle to claim their winnings It s going to be a good Mother s Day Grizzle communicated lottery bureaucrats This is going to pay off my debt Grizzle disclosed she called her son Sunday saying she thought they had the winning ticket They rushed to the gas station where he bought the ticket to confirm it the lottery disclosed I would have never dreamed it It hasn t sunken in yet she explained In an interview with WKYT-TV that Sunday Farthing reported the winnings would help his mother I ve caused a lot of stress on her you know I ve made certain bad decisions in life and you know God s been good because I ve kept my faith and done right he narrated the news station The winning numbers were - - - - and the Powerball was The family was informed they could take a cash option of million or receive graduated annual payments for the winnings Lottery leaders announced the total was the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in Kentucky topping a million jackpot in Online court records in Kentucky show Farthing has been arrested several times in latest years on various charges including assault and domestic violence An attorney for Farthing listed in court records did not without delay respond to an email message Friday
