slacker Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Irregular News for 12.07.06 Carlisle, PA -- A man who created a "winning" Powerball ticket and planted it at work as a practical joke was sentenced to a year of probation for forgery and tampering with public records. James A. Koons Jr., 38, also was fined $2,500 Tuesday and may have to pay the legal fees of the co-worker who was arrested after trying to redeem the ticket at Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters. Koons' lawyer said his client meant to play a prank on co-workers when he left the bogus $853,000 ticket underneath a newspaper in his trucking company's break room in November 2005. Koons pleaded guilty. "It was intended to get a reaction from someone, and then (Koons) would burst their bubble," said Koons' attorney, Stephen Ellwood. "In hindsight, it was a terrible joke." Brian S. Miller, 35, was charged with unsworn falsification after telling investigators he purchased the ticket, which had in fact been created on Koons' home computer. A jury acquitted him in May. Miller and Koons worked different shifts at Roadway Express in Carlisle and did not really know each other, Ellwood said. Koons, a dock worker, also created a second bogus ticket, but it apparently was discarded. A judge will conduct a hearing to consider Miller's request to have Koons pay the $12,000 in legal bills he incurred. source Quote Link to comment
husker rob Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 that is effin hilarious, to bad for the dood it backfired though Quote Link to comment
HuskerExpat Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 This is crazy. Bad practical jokes should not result in criminal prosecution. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Well, look on the bright side - the criminal prosecution wasn't for murder...which might be expected when someone learns they didn't win the lottery... Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Well, look on the bright side - the criminal prosecution wasn't for murder...which might be expected when someone learns they didn't win the lottery... Considering people get shot for not giving a person a "cold beer" I'd have to agree with you Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 that is funny but in hidsight i'll bet he doesn't do that again. Quote Link to comment
Hawkeyehusker Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 This guy got screwed. Probably had a public defender. Quote Link to comment
Nicole Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Well, look on the bright side - the criminal prosecution wasn't for murder...which might be expected when someone learns they didn't win the lottery... Considering people get shot for not giving a person a "cold beer" I'd have to agree with you Quote Link to comment
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