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Fake Lottery Winner Causes Store Ruckus

Ohio woman gets 'extravagant' without meds, daughter says

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2009 3:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – An Ohio woman may be charged with inciting panic after telling a store full of shoppers that she had won the lottery and was treating. Police had to show up at the Burlington Coat Factory to put down the ruckus when word got out, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The 45-year-old hadn't actually won the lottery, but don’t blame the shoppers for believing her—she did arrive in a stretch Hummer.

“I want people to know my mom was not in her right mind,” the woman’s daughter tells reporters. "She has not been on her medication. When she gets off her medication, she's going to do extravagant things.”

A crowded store.
A crowded store.   (AP Photo)
Lines around the block.
Lines around the block.   (AP Photo)
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Patrol officers felt that she might be suffering from some kind of mental illness.
- Columbus Police spokesman

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COMMENTS
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NxBigmouthery
Oct 16, 2009 7:08 AM CDT
"Come on, Charlie! Hold on to that ticket! Run for it, Charlie! Run straight home and don't stop 'til you get there!"
yummines
Oct 16, 2009 3:31 AM CDT
Obviously it was fake, nobody in their right mind would announce that they won the lottery to a crowd of people, they most likely would get mugged...
Robert_Dada
Oct 16, 2009 1:04 AM CDT
Hmmm, has anyone heard from MrsK?

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