{"id":140971,"date":"2025-05-04T07:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/man-jailed-4-days-after-winning-167-million-powerball-jackpot-with-his-mom\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T07:21:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:21:56","slug":"man-jailed-4-days-after-winning-167-million-powerball-jackpot-with-his-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/man-jailed-4-days-after-winning-167-million-powerball-jackpot-with-his-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Jailed 4 Days After Winning $167 Million Powerball Jackpot with His Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ed6xrYVYEIiFXa4egbxDkliwGeI=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/lottery-winner-arrested-050325-08657b0d17554e36aac3ff459f7fc5b6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<li><strong>James Farthing and his mother received the $167.3 million Powerball jackpot, the most important lottery prize in Kentucky historical past, on April 26<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four days later, Farthing allegedly obtained right into a combat at a Florida resort and kicked a deputy who tried to interrupt it up<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Farthing now faces a number of prices, together with a felony depend of battery on a regulation enforcement officer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A Kentucky man was over the moon after successful the largest lottery prize within the state\u2019s historical past. But 4 days later, he was behind bars.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kylottery.com\/apps\/about_us\/news.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky Lottery<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Along along with his mother, Linda Grizzle, Farthing, 50, collected the prize \u2014 and posed for pictures with an enormous examine \u2014 on Monday, April 28, with the Georgetown native telling the Kentucky Lottery that \u201cit\u2019s going to be a good Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d He additionally shared plans to \u201cpay off my debt.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Grizzle was shocked, telling the corporate she \u201cwould have never dreamed\u201d of successful the historic prize and saying that it nonetheless \u201chasn\u2019t sunken in yet.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> However, the mother-son duo\u2019s celebration was short-lived. Days later, on Wednesday, April 30, Farthing was arrested.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">James Farthing&#8217;s mug shot.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County Jail<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> 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\u2019s Office to arrest him, in line with police information obtained by Kentucky outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/2025\/05\/01\/ky-man-arrested-florida-days-after-winning-167-million-powerball-jackpot-2\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKYT<\/a>, Louisiana Fox affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2025\/05\/02\/man-arrested-days-after-winning-167m-powerball-jackpot\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WVUE-DT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/05\/02\/kentucky-lottery-winner-officer-assault-arrest\/83416855007\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office didn&#8217;t instantly reply to PEOPLE\u2019s request for touch upon Saturday, May 3.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> According to <em>USA Today,<\/em> 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.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Want to maintain up with the most recent crime protection? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime e-newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime information, ongoing trial protection and particulars of intriguing unsolved instances.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Meanwhile, his girlfriend was allegedly additionally making an attempt to combat friends of the resort, per <em>USA Today<\/em>. She \u201cappeared very intoxicated,\u201d the affidavit mentioned, \u201cand was yelling, screaming and making incoherent statements.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> After the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s deputy tried to interrupt up the altercation, Farthing allegedly kicked him within the face, <em>USA Today <\/em>reported. Following the alleged kick \u2014 which induced swelling and redness within the deputy\u2019s face, per an arrest affidavit \u2014 he allegedly tried to withstand arrest by fleeing the resort, however was apprehended, the outlet reported.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> 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.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> His girlfriend, whose id has not been shared publicly, was additionally charged and now faces one misdemeanor depend of disorderly conduct, in line with <em>USA Today.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It just isn&#8217;t instantly clear if Farthing or his girlfriend have obtained authorized illustration to touch upon their behalf.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> 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.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 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, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[920,10107,1457,1224,1497,991,10106,2580],"class_list":{"0":"post-140971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-days","9":"tag-jackpot","10":"tag-jailed","11":"tag-man","12":"tag-million","13":"tag-mom","14":"tag-powerball","15":"tag-winning"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}