http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...ex-offend.html
Yet another sex offender has won the lottery. Back in February, we told you that
Daniel Snay, a Level 3 sex offender, won $10 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery.
The latest lucky registrant comes to us from Michigan, where Fred Topous, 45, won $57 million by playing the state's Mega Millions game.
"We thought we were going to end up working until we died, but not any more," Topous said, according to
The Grand Rapids Press. "Now, I don't have to wait until Friday to get groceries or put gas in the truck."
In 1999, Topous was charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He later agreed to a plea deal that sent him to prison for more than five years. (Here's his
page from the state police website.)
"We're always happy to make someone a millionaire and we wish Mr. Topous and his family all the best," Lottery Commissioner M. Scott Bowen says in a
press release. (The release doesn't mention the winner's criminal history.)
(Michigan Lottery photo via AP.)
Posted by Mike Carney at 01:21 PM/ET, June 19, 2008 |
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