Eric another lottery scam in central iowa. This time and under age des moines man nabs 100,000 in a jackpot. Elizabeth lottery fish lottery officials got a cap about a purchase on super quick foods. The stories on the hook for failing to check customer id. Ryan smith has the details. Ryan it was a headline worthy day for jobie boalswatters snagging a 100,000 prize after playing the mega crossword instant scratch game. After taxes, the 20yearold man pocketed 70,000. The information he presented seemed on the up and up and said a coworker bought the ticket. Ryan this fortune didnt last long. Five days later a tip to lottery officials. it wasnt legally purchased or presented. Everything falls to pieces from there. Ryan he bought the ticket himself at the super quick foods underage gambling violation according to iowa law. Lottery security investigated it and we pulled the Security Camera footage from the store involved and determined that he was the one who purchased the ticket which made
Covered, bottom line. He didnt give me any signals. Vanessa moments before chris wired 72,000, he checked in with ames police, and found out benson motor is a defunct company. If its too good to be true its probably a scam. Vanessa fenders honda, a powersports dealership, has set up shop in the old benson building. Theyve had some interesting phone calls lately. They asked if it was benson motors and i told them that benson motors has been gone for several years now and that we didnt have any cars for sale here. Vanessa chris says he wont fall for a well put together website again. It just showed me that you got to be so careful if youre not able to vet it with your own eyes. Vanessa ames police tell me they got a call from an agency in minnesota working on a similar case. Live in ames, vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Mark Webster County Law Enforcement searching for a fort dodge man charged with pouring hot grease on a dog. The Webster County attorney filing an arrest wa
Of 52,000 to clean the building leffler says the bill will likely be near 75 thousand dollars toward the final estimate. Then one week later, on december 15, only three blocks away. Unfortunately to burglarize i business, we have to clean up our store little joes computer was also vandalized, but this time, in surviellance video, you can see swick throwing a brick through the door, attempting to take joe gilberts bike. He was very efficient but it wouldnt fit through the door then you see the dust from yet another fire extinguisher. Swick was arrested by police in joes attic. Theres no clean space in this store at all today, hes left with a mess, a big bill and no christmas business. The bid was 30k to clean the dust as the cherry on top joe says swick left graffiti in the soon to be, payasyoucan door. He says this vandal not only cost him money. It cost him his holiday spirit. Makes a difference and christmas isnt the same claire little joes computers is aiming to reopen by midtolate