$4.4 M lotto winner jailed
Some guys have all the luck.
That's what Barry Shell of Brampton likely thought Monday when he went to pick up his nearly $4.4 million jackpot at Ontario Lottery and Gaming headquarters on Dundas St. W.
But after a smiling Shell, 45, had posed for an OLG photo holding his cheque for $4,377,298, he was arrested outside the building on outstanding criminal charges and taken into police custody.
Instead of escaping to a five-star getaway, he was kept overnight and appeared in a Brampton courtroom yesterday on charges of failing to appear, theft under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime.
A warrant for his arrest was issued after Shell failed to show up for a 2003 court date.
In an OLG press release announcing Shell's win, he is quoted as saying: "I went to the store and checked my ticket on the self-serve ticket checker.
"As soon as I saw how much I had won, I grabbed a pen and signed my ticket."
He had bought the winning ticket at a Petro Canada on Kennedy Rd. N. in Brampton.
The OLG press release concludes: "The 45-year-old has no immediate plans for the windfall."
article courtesy of The Toronto Star
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