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Kentucky Powerball winner arrested once again after taking home state's largest ever lotto jackpot money can't buy me love "A Kentucky man who won a $167.3 million Powerball jackpot has been arrested for the fifth time since claiming his earnings. James Farthing, 51, was taken into custody early Sunday after deputies allegedly found him asleep in a running Mustang in a Walmart parking lot in Georgetown 15 miles north of Lexington. Deputies were called just before 3am after receiving a report of a white Mustang with a temporary tag stopped in the middle of an intersection as the caller later told dispatchers that the vehicle moved and was now parked in a nearby Walmart lot. When deputies arrived, they found the Mustang parked near an electric-vehicle charging station with its engine still running, Farthing was alone and asleep inside, according to a citation from the Scott County Sheriff's Office. Deputies repeatedly knocked on the car window before Farthing eventually woke up and when he emerged, authorities said he showed several signs of intoxication. He smelled of alcohol and marijuana, had bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech and difficulty maintaining his balance, according to the citation. Farthing told police that a woman had driven him to the Walmart and left him there, but surveillance footage allegedly showed the Mustang pull into the parking lot without anyone getting out before deputies arrived. In the citation, deputies described Farthing as 'manifestly under the influence of alcohol' and said he posed a danger to himself and others because he may have operated the vehicle while impaired. Farthing was arrested shortly after 4am and charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place. He was taken to the Scott County Detention Center, with the latest case now pending in Scott County District Court. Farthing is no stranger to run-ins with the law, the arrest is the fifth time since he won Kentucky's largest-ever Powerball jackpot in April 2025. Farthing bought the winning ticket at Clark's Pump N Shop in Georgetown and opted to split the $167.3 million prize money with his mother. At the time, he appeared stunned by the sudden fortune. 'I still don't believe it's real,' Farthing told WLKY shortly after winning. He added that he had caused his mother 'a lot of stress' but said he had 'kept my faith and done right.' Yet his extraordinary change in fortune was followed almost immediately by trouble with the law. Just days after claiming his golden ticket winnings, Farthing found himself behind bars in Florida following an altercation at the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach. According to police, officers were attempting to break up a fight when Farthing allegedly kicked a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy in the face. He then allegedly tried to flee before officers used a Taser. Farthing later pleaded guilty and received a sentence of time served and a $1,000 fine. But his legal troubles did not end there, his second arrest came in February 2026 in Georgetown when woman called 911, telling authorities she feared for her safety as people inside a home might harm her. Authorities found the woman hiding beneath a desk. She told investigators that Farthing had picked her up for a gathering and allegedly pressured her into taking a 'gummy.' During a search of Farthing's home, authorities reported finding a handgun, ammunition, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. And Farthing was arrested again in March and charged with second-degree burglary and marijuana possession. Police alleged that security-camera footage showed him entering a Lexington home, where he was accused of stealing around $12,000 in cash. One of the Fayette County criminal cases involving burglary and marijuana possession was later dismissed, according to WLEX. His fourth arrest came in July where he was charged with first-degree strangulation and fourth-degree assault following allegations involving a woman with whom he had been on a boat trip. According to the criminal complaint, the pair argued after returning from the trip before Farthing allegedly put both hands around the woman's neck and restricted her breathing. Farthing pleaded not guilty. A judge set his bond at $15,000, ordered him to have no contact with the alleged victim and required him to wear an electronic monitoring device. Now, only months later, Farthing has been arrested again on account of alcohol intoxication in a public place. The circumstances are markedly different from some of the more serious allegations he has previously faced, but the arrest nevertheless makes it the fifth time he has been taken into custody since winning his multimillion-dollar jackpot. He is now facing the public intoxication charge in Scott County District Court and is due to be arraigned on the latest charge Tuesday. Farthing's latest case remains pending, and the allegations in his various criminal cases have not all resulted in convictions." |
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Originally Posted By Gotterdammerung: If I win the Powerball, I am not telling anyone...but there will be signs. All I'd want is to live where I have been and not worry about the employment rat race, layoffs, etc. Would probably still try to work and seek to further a career in my field because I enjoy doing it. But yachts, coke and all that are for other people. |
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Originally Posted By Gotterdammerung: If I win the Powerball, I am not telling anyone...but there will be signs. |
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"Security-camera footage showed him entering a Lexington home, where he was accused of stealing around $12,000 in cash." This is the one that gets me, (yes, he was a DA in all the other instance as well) you get arrested for stealing $12K after you win millions? Dude's not very bright, is he? 
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Originally Posted By AnalogKid: All I'd want is to live where I have been and not worry about the employment rat race, layoffs, etc. Would probably still try to work and seek to further a career in my field because I enjoy doing it. But yachts, coke and all that are for other people. I am guessing you've never had yachts and coke. Beats working by a substantial margin 
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Originally Posted By AKSig: It's always the dumbasses that win. Figure he received about $25 million after lump sum, taxes, and splitting with his mom. Not crazy baller status, but enough to live off of a million a year forever if you are smart with it. I mean, that's assuming in a perfect world he makes all kinds of financially savvy decisions. I'm willing to bet it went the other way. Probably bought a car, an RV, a house, a boat, lent a few of his friends some money for great business ideas..... |
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People are poor for a reason, and coming into money won't fix it. I think I'd set up a rescue farm for draft horses, mules, and donkeys. And get me a fully restored vintage Morgan roadster. |
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I think I saw him up at the Speedway yesterday afternoon, snoozing upside an electrical transformer box. Cops showed up, including our really really good looking lady LEO. Some states one has no choice, your name will be listed as a winner. Kentucky is one of them. Winnings also taxed. |
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Originally Posted By NobodyHere: "Security-camera footage showed him entering a Lexington home, where he was accused of stealing around $12,000 in cash." This is the one that gets me, (yes, he was a DA in all the other instance as well) you get arrested for stealing $12K after you win millions? Dude's not very bright, is he? Probably getting it back. whores gonna whore |
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Originally Posted By MEK: Me too but this ain’t one of them Originally Posted By MEK: Originally Posted By Gotterdammerung: If I win the Powerball, I am not telling anyone...but there will be signs. Me too but this ain’t one of them It’s the mustang isn’t it? You’d be found passed out and smelling of alcohol and weed in something classier. |
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Originally Posted By Frank_B: People are poor for a reason, and coming into money won't fix it. That describes my brother. He doesnt know how to not be poor. Even after our parents died and we received a large sum of money, he blew through his portion and was asking me for money within 6 months of the estate being finalized. |
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Originally Posted By MattyMattel: I think I saw him up at the Speedway yesterday afternoon, snoozing upside an electrical transformer box. Cops showed up, including our really really good looking lady LEO. Some states one has no choice, your name will be listed as a winner. Kentucky is one of them. Winnings also taxed. Next time, you should go talk to him, get in some argument, and let him assault you. Gotta be worth a million when you have PTSD so bad you can’t go to the racetrack or even in a car without engine noise giving you PTSD right? I mean the guy makes terrible decisions, someone is gonna make some money off him- might as well be you! Anyhow- nothing surprising about the type of fools that win lotteries- dumbasses buy a hell of a lot more tickets than smart folks do…. |
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Originally Posted By AKSig: It's always the dumbasses that win. Figure he received about $25 million after lump sum, taxes, and splitting with his mom. Not crazy baller status, but enough to live off of a million a year forever if you are smart with it. Its just the dumbasses that do their financial planning at the convenience store. Lotto is just a tax on the stupid. |
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Originally Posted By cayman_shen: The kind of people who are good with money aren't buying lottery tickets. Therefore any winner will not have the skills to manage their new wealth. I strongly disagree. I think it’s kind of a bell curve that is weighted strong left and that starts going up again near the right end. You will find that the very wealthy like to gamble at higher rate than average. The “poor” and working class always seem to win because there are more of them than anyone else buying and there is a drop in gambling (high risk taking in general) among the upper strata of the middle class and upper middle class. This is where you find the hard working professional class. People who succeed the best at doing all the right things. (Responsible people) To get to the very high net worth strata, things come full circle in some respect in terms of risk taking. It’s a far more calculated (better?) and focused form of risk taking, but risk taking all the same. |
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Originally Posted By dreiwhit: But it can pay the bail bondsman to get you out of jail! Originally Posted By dreiwhit: Kentucky Powerball winner arrested once again after taking home state's largest ever lotto jackpot money can't buy me love But it can pay the bail bondsman to get you out of jail! Kentucky doesn't have bail bondsmen. |
