“Go straight ahead in prison. Do not go through the square, do not receive $ 200 ”. This card of Monopoly Summates exactly what James Farthing, an American from Georgetown in Kentucky in recent days, reports local television Wkytaffiliated with CBS.
He was imprisoned this morning on Wednesday, April 30, in a county prison in Pinellas in Florida, accused of violence against a person who has public authority. However, four days earlier, he had just won with his mother Linda The huge jackpot of $ 167.3 million (around 147 million euros)put into play in the famous Powerball lottery. He had also posted on social networks this Monday a photo where we see him With the big dummy check when he was gave his gain.
A prolongation in full parole
The man was arrested Tuesday evening in a Hotel in Florida while he was in the midst of a third person. An officer tried to intervene and was struck by the neo-Vaineur. James Farthing is accused of having punching the person with whom he was arguing, then kick the policeman’s face.
The lucky winner of the jackpot finds herself sued for violence against a person depositary of the public authority, hinders, but also violation of the obligations provided by its parole until August. Indeed, James Farthing had been released in Kentucky, while he was serving a prison sentence. If we do not know exactly the reason for this imprisonment, his judicial locker mentions convictions for “falsification of evidence”, “participation in organized crime”, “offenses in the law on narcotics” or “concealment of stolen property”.
In Florida, he could be released on bail On the condition of the payment of $ 10,000 (around 8,800 euros)while currently having $ 315 (278 euros) Available on his account for the payments of his “extras” in prison (snacks, clothes, etc.).
