Gas Station Clerk Arrested for Claiming $5M on Allegedly Stolen Lottery Ticket

Описание: On November 16, 2024, Arthurica Jackson — a 35-year-old convenience store clerk at the QuickPump gas station on South Market Street in Hearne, Texas — was arrested and charged with two felonies including Claim Lottery Prize Fraud greater than $10,000, a second-degree felony, and Theft of Property greater than or equal to $300,000, a first-degree felony, after a joint investigation by the Hearne Police Department and the Texas Lottery Commission revealed she had allegedly stolen multiple scratch-off lottery tickets from her employer's display rack during her four days on the job. Surveillance footage captured Jackson removing tickets from the display case, scratching off barcodes behind the counter, scanning them on the store's lottery verification machine, and walking out without paying — a step-by-step visual record of the scheme. Store owner Ahamed Shaik reported the theft to Hearne police after firing Jackson and reviewing the footage himself. Jackson had already traveled to the Texas Lottery Commission offices in Austin and presented a $5 million winning ticket for payment before the investigation was triggered. She was booked into Robertson County Jail on a combined $300,000 bond and remains awaiting trial. The $50 face value of the ticket she allegedly took stood between her and a legitimate five-million-dollar fortune.

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