Man Jailed 4 Days After Winning $167 Million Powerball Jackpot with His Mom

• James Farthing and his mother received the $167.3 million Powerball jackpot, the most important lottery prize in Kentucky historical past, on April 26
• Four days later, Farthing allegedly obtained right into a combat at a Florida resort and kicked a deputy who tried to interrupt it up
• Farthing now faces a number of prices, together with a felony depend of battery on a regulation enforcement officer

A Kentucky man was over the moon after successful the largest lottery prize within the state’s historical past. But 4 days later, he was behind bars.

On the night time of Saturday, April 26, James Farthing realized that his $2 Powerball ticket that he purchased his mother was a winner, and the duo had received a $167.3 million jackpot, the most important lottery prize within the historical past of Kentucky, in line with the Kentucky Lottery.

Along along with his mother, Linda Grizzle, Farthing, 50, collected the prize — and posed for pictures with an enormous examine — on Monday, April 28, with the Georgetown native telling the Kentucky Lottery that “it’s going to be a good Mother’s Day.” He additionally shared plans to “pay off my debt.”

Grizzle was shocked, telling the corporate she “would have never dreamed” of successful the historic prize and saying that it nonetheless “hasn’t sunken in yet.”

However, the mother-son duo’s celebration was short-lived. Days later, on Wednesday, April 30, Farthing was arrested.

The newly minted lottery winner was at a resort out of state on April 30, when an altercation broke out, main a deputy with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office to arrest him, in line with police information obtained by Kentucky outlet WKYT, Louisiana Fox affiliate WVUE-DT and USA Today.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for touch upon Saturday, May 3.

According to USA Today, Farthing was on the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach, Fla., when a combat broke out, and Farthing allegedly punched one other patron within the face.

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Meanwhile, his girlfriend was allegedly additionally making an attempt to combat friends of the resort, per USA Today. She “appeared very intoxicated,” the affidavit mentioned, “and was yelling, screaming and making incoherent statements.”

After the Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy tried to interrupt up the altercation, Farthing allegedly kicked him within the face, USA Today reported. Following the alleged kick — which induced swelling and redness within the deputy’s face, per an arrest affidavit — he allegedly tried to withstand arrest by fleeing the resort, however was apprehended, the outlet reported.

Farthing was booked into jail on April 30 and charged with one felony depend of battery on a regulation enforcement officer and two misdemeanor counts of battery and resisting an officer, in addition to a parole violation, in line with courtroom information seen by PEOPLE.

His girlfriend, whose id has not been shared publicly, was additionally charged and now faces one misdemeanor depend of disorderly conduct, in line with USA Today.

It just isn’t instantly clear if Farthing or his girlfriend have obtained authorized illustration to touch upon their behalf.

According to WKYT, Farthing was on parole by means of August 2024 for a sequence of prices in Kentucky. His previous convictions embody drug- and theft-related prices, in addition to tampering with proof and interesting in organized crime, the outlet reported.