A $167.3 million Kentucky Powerball winner who went from career criminal to multi-millionaire overnight is accused of stealing a comparatively minuscule $12,000 cash during a head-scratching home burglary over the weekend.
James Farthing, 51, was arrested on second-degree burglary and marijuana possession charges Saturday after security footage allegedly captured him breaking into a Lexington residence that evening, according to Lex18.
Farthing allegedly snatched $12,000 in cash from the home and fled the scene in his black Porsche Passenger — before police caught him and spotted a marijuana blunt in plain view and found more bud during a search of his car, the outlet said, citing an arrest citation.
He was taken into custody at Fayette County Detention Center without incident.
The arrest was Farthing’s third since he won the lottery nearly a year ago.
The greedy burglar has spent the majority of his life behind bars at 25 different correctional institutions before claiming the state’s largest jackpot in April, alongside his 77-year-old mother, Linda Grizzle, and girlfriend, Jacqueline Fightmaster, the Smoking Gun previously reported.
Just days after toasting to the massive prize, the tatted-up criminal was cuffed in Florida for allegedly slugging a hotel guest in the face and kicking a deputy who tried to intervene. He pleaded guilty to the case earlier this month, according to Lex 18.
Farthing also violated his parole by leaving Kentucky without notifying his parole officer.
In February, he was charged in Scott County with intimidating a participant in the legal process after a woman reported to dispatchers that people at a residence had a weapon and wanted to hurt her, WKYT reported.
Farthing allegedly picked up the woman for a pre-arranged meet-up, where the overnight millionaire pressured her to take a “gummy,” she told police, according to the outlet.
Cops found marijuana and a gun after responding to the scene. Farthing is slated to go to court in April for that case.
Farthing still has other active cases, including a hit-and-run charge in Fayette County, Lex18 reported.
The frequent offender began committing crimes when he was just a teenager, with arrests on charges ranging from theft to reckless driving.
He only completed 10 years of formal schooling and earned his GED in prison, the Smoking Gun reported.
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