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Fake Lottery Winner Causes Store Ruckus

Ohio woman gets 'extravagant' without meds, daughter says

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(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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Yourself
Oct 15, 09 3:42 PM CDT
NICE, i love the fact that Burlington Coat Factory is apparently where a lottery winner would go first now.. stay classy! lol Reply
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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 15, 09 3:44 PM CDT
In her defense I would probably go to Spec's Liquor store then Jack in the Box if I won the lottery.
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Gooner82
Oct 15, 09 4:23 PM CDT
good call on the liquor store.
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wwwonderer
Oct 15, 09 5:11 PM CDT
Being a person that gives back means not just giving at the country club. How many people will volunteer at a soup kitchen or a homeless shelter or a place that helps battered women. The very mind frame you speak of is what's wrong with America. Madoff prolly wouldn't be caught dead giving his billions to anyone, just a hunch. The main question is if she is a fake how did she get the stretch Hummer?
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Robert_Dada
Oct 15, 09 8:04 PM CDT
Hmmm, has anyone heard from MrsK?
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