Women Argue Over 'Lost' Jackpot

[Dante]

OHIO – As reported by the BBC: ``Two women in Ohio are in hot dispute over a $162m lottery win - after one said she had lost the jackpot ticket.

``Elecia Battle appealed for help after saying she had dropped the winning receipt in a snow-covered car park.

``But it was Rebecca Jemison who turned up at the Ohio lottery offices holding the stub and saying the money was hers.

``Lottery officials said they believed Ms Jemison was the rightful holder, but Ms Battle's lawyer has indicated she may still try to claim the prize.

``Ms Jemison, a hospital telephonist, said she checked the numbers "five or six times" to make sure that she truly had the combination to scoop the 11-state jackpot.

``She then called her mother, an accountant and a lawyer, as well as telling her husband.

``Ms Jemison... said she became angry at Ms Battle's assertion that she had bought and dropped the winning ticket, and so had decided to claim the prize immediately.

``…Days earlier, Ms Battle had filed a police report saying she had picked the winning numbers but believed she must have lost the ticket when she dropped her handbag in the snow outside a convenience shop.

``…The report was made two days after the shop was identified as having sold the sole set of winning numbers for the Mega Millions prize …"

 

[Dante]

WOW this is horrid...the lady that found it does not have to give it back if in fact it was this other ladies...but what is the "right" thing here?

 

[EverFresh]

Look at those eyes, she's got "Hustler" written all over her

 

[bryan305]

they ought to hang that b!tch for trying to deceive others and take what isn't hers...fukcing thief

 

[ClayHenry]

that bitch should get 5 to 10, teach people like this a lesson. No F-ing way she lost the ticket and anyone who would believe such nonsense is a fool.

 

[KennyB]

No ticky no shirty. What a joke.

 

[areeff]

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[TTinCO]

Stupid lying bitch......

Lottery Loser's Shady Past
Ohio woman has fraud, assault convictions, uses alias

JANUARY 6--The Ohio woman who told police that she purchased--and then lost--the winning $162 million Mega Millions lottery ticket--has several arrests on her rap sheet, including convictions for assault and credit card fraud, The Smoking Gun has learned. In addition, Elecia Battle is using an alias and has falsely claimed to be married to the man with whom she now lives.

Battle, whose real name is Elecia Dickson, apparently has borrowed the surname of boyfriend James Battle. The 40-year-old pharmacy worker remains legally married to husband Keith Dickson, though the couple is in the middle of a divorce action pending in Cuyahoga County's Court of Common Pleas.

Using the Battle alias, Dickson this afternoon filed a lawsuit seeking to block the awarding of the Mega Millions jackpot to Rebecca Jemison, the woman who came forward today to claim the lottery jackpot (and who was declared the winner by Ohio state officials).

According to court records and TSG sources, Dickson's rap sheet dates back at least a decade and includes busts for aggravated menacing, assault, and credit card fraud. The latter conviction, according to a source familiar with the case, stemmed from a 1999 swindle Dickson orchestrated at a suburban Cleveland chain store. The below mug shot was taken following Dickson's September 1999 arrest in Cleveland Heights for misdemeanor assault.

The woman's estranged husband--who's been married to Dickson for 13 years--told TSG, "My wife can stretch things out of proportion." He added, "Looks like she filed a bogus police report."

When she went to cops with her tale of the lost lottery ticket, officers asked Dickson how she picked the six winning numbers. A couple of the numbers came from one son's birth date, while another number was her son's age flipped. As for why she picked the winning number 49, Dickson told cops that her "husband turns 49 this year." That came as a surprise to Keith Dickson, himself a dedicated gambler and lottery player. "I'm 44," he said. "I turn 45 in February."

 

[themanowesme]

Cant wait to hear what BTJ has to say about this one!!!!! Is it me or are people in this world getting dumber by the minute?? How can this stupid bi%#@ expect anyone to believe her cockabull story...

 

[bryan305]

you guys ever watch the movie 'The Boondock Saints'?

If people like that were around, we wouldn't have problems like this.

 

[TTinCO]

Dennis G. Kennedy, director of the Ohio Lottery, said the lottery was confident Jemison had purchased the ticket, not found it.

Jemison provided another lottery ticket purchased at the same time and location and had a lottery ticket that showed she had played the same numbers in the prior drawing, Kennedy said.