Sketchy Clerk Says To Guy His $600 Lotto Ticket Is Worth Only $5 Not Realizing He’s An Undercover Agent.
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People play the lotto to win, it’s that plain and simple. Even if the prize is just enough to break even and cover the ticket cost, or you hit the mega jackpot, it feels good when you win something. If you ever do play and win, a good rule of thumb is to always make sure you sign the back of the winning ticket right away. That way if it is lost or stolen no one else can legally claim the prize for themselves, only the person who signed it can. Think of it as if you are receiving a check from someone and if you want to cash it you have to sign the back first.
Signing a ticket is the first line of defense against lotto fraud and protecting your winnings, but there are many other types of it out there that you should be aware of. If people can make a quick dollar by ripping someone else off, then they will do just that.
While there is a small minority of people who play the lotto religiously regardless of how much money is up for grabs, the vast majority of people play sporadically. They’re the ones who buy tickets when they are feeling lucky or when the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot is approaching record numbers. They also are less likely to know the game rules and many check to see if they won anything by going to a store that sells lotto tickets and having the cashier scan it.
That’s exactly what one man did recently at a Winn Dixie in Fort Meyers, Florida. He gave the ticket to the clerk on duty at the time, Crystelle Yvette Baton, who scanned it and told him he won $5. She paid it out, kept the ticket, and the man went on his way. A couple hours later, the man came back and arrested the clerk for grand theft larceny, but why?
Apparently, the cashier was engaged in a scam that has become more common whereby customers who come in to cash their winning tickets are told they are not winners or that they won much less than the actual amount. First the cashier scans the unsigned ticket, if it is a winner for $100, they might say that the customer won $5, pay them the money, and throw the ticket out. The customer then leaves, the cashier fishes the winning ticket out of the garbage and cashes it in, netting themselves $95 in the process.
Which leads us back to Crystelle Baton who was running this exact scheme. Her luck ran out when the man walked in the store that day because he happened to be an undercover agent working for the Florida Lottery Commission’s security division. He knew he had a winning ticket in the amount of $600, so when she scanned it and told him he’d won $5, she sealed her fate. After paying him the $5 from her own wallet she then slipped the winning ticket in a notebook she had nearby and would have undoubtedly cashed it in later if she hadn’t been arrested.
This particular scam appears to be on the rise and while undercover stings catch some perpetrators, many more go unnoticed. As mentioned before, it’s always best to sign any winning ticket you buy and check the numbers yourself. Also, there are electronic checkers on the counters of businesses that sell the lotto, so you can scan the ticket yourself and avoid being lied to.
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Policeman Buys a Drink At THIS Girl’s Lemonade Stand. He Comes Back 1 Day Later With The Most Unexpected Surprise!
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Police officers are oftentimes viewed through a double lens. They help communities out and enforce the law, but not everyone always feels so safe around them. That’s why it’s important for cops to do community policing where they interact with residents regularly and not just in emergencies or on the worst day of someone’s life. By establishing connections and getting to know people they can make a much bigger impact and earn resident’s trust. This story out of Lake County Ohio goes to show how one officer’s friendly chat with a little girl made all the difference in both his life and hers.
The little girl’s name is Gabrielle and she had her heart set on getting an iPad for school and playing games. When she asked her mother, Melissa, for one she was told that they couldn’t afford it at the moment. Instead of giving up, Gabrielle decided to start a lemonade stand and buy one herself with the profits. Upon hearing that her mother was happy, the stand would keep her daughter busy and teach her the value of money. There was one problem though, the area where they lived was kind of rural and not many people passed by. However, Gabrielle’s grandmother lived nearby at a busy condo complex where people came and went all day long, it was the perfect location.
Excited to start her business right away, Gabrielle gathered up all the things she’d need for the stand and whipped up a batch of fresh lemonade. From the very start business was booming and early on a cop pulled up to her stand. He paid her $3 for a cup of lemonade, well over her asking price of 0.50 cents, and told her that he would let the other officers know about her refreshing business.
Soon afterwards another cop pulled up, this time it was 22 year-old Zach Ropos. He purchased a lemonade and asked Gabrielle what she planned on doing with the money she made from her stand. She told him how she wanted to get an iPad to help with school and that answer, along with her obvious work ethic, impressed him. While she was helping other customers, Officer Ropos spoke with her mother and told her that he had an old iPad at home that he’d love to gift Gabrielle. However, when he got home later that night and plugged in the iPad he discovered it didn’t work.
The next day he headed back to break the bad news to Melissa but before he could Gabrielle ran up to his patrol car and started chatting away. He asked how business was going and she replied she’d made a few dollars but gave it to her mom because her gas tank was empty. Her selfless response affected Officer Ropos and he resolved then and there to get her the iPad she so badly wanted and deserved.
The next day he headed to a local store and asked the owner if they’d contribute towards a tablet for Gabrielle after he told them her story. They agreed and later that day he met up with Gabrielle and her family while they were watching her brother play football. Seeing his car pull up she ran to meet him and that was when he pulled out a pink bag and gave it to her. Gabrielle was thrilled and her mother was overjoyed at the kindness Officer Ropos showed her daughter. She snapped a picture of the two of them posing with the iPad and later that night posted it on Facebook. The picture quickly went viral, it was shared over 34 thousand times and people called for interviews and ran news stories on it.
In the end, Officer Ropos declined most of them, he never wanted any media attention, he just wanted to make a little girl happy.
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If You Spot a Thin Blue Line Painted On The Curb In Front Of Your House. It Means THIS..
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The ‘Thin Blue Line’ is a concept that reflects a point of view concerning police culture. It is reflective of the worldview held by the police, that when they put on their blue uniform, it represents law and order. That ‘thin blue line’, they say, is what stands between a society that abides by the rules, and anarchy.
The thin line has grown thinner for police across the U.S.A. as “bad cops” have gone too far over that line, committing crimes themselves in the line of duty. The majority of the police force across the country, put themselves in harms way, as they protect citizens from the mayhem that exists in a world that has grown more violent every day!
The sheer magnitude of what they face, particularly in the big cities, is overwhelming. When the few bad cops, unfortunate circumstances, or prejudice officers result in the harm or deaths of innocent citizens, that thin blue line gets thinner and thinner.
These incidents in our society have been coming to the fore and have resulted in a backlash against the police. Although some of this is warranted, it has increasingly made it more and more dangerous for good cops to do their job.
One citizen, a small business owner Anthony Welichko, saw the public tide turning against the police, and he wanted to do something that would show support for the cops who do a good job, and who have become increasingly afraid for their own lives!
He began an initiative after posting a message to law enforcement on his Facebook page. He has called the movement ‘The Safe Harbor Initiative’. His post has been shared more than 85,000 times by people who support what he is saying!
The thin blue line painted on a curb in front of people’s houses as part of his initiative, it is a symbol of support and gratitude for the work they do. “To all the police out there doing their jobs to keep us safe every day. We thank you!”
His heartfelt expression and explanation of his initiative should be watched in the video below. It is food for thought in a world in which too often we see things in black and white, and don’t consider the shades of gray that truly represent the work of ‘The Thin Blue Line’.
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Have You Noticed A Blue Light Displayed On Any Of Your Neighbors Porches? It Apparently Means THIS
Law enforcement officers across the nation have come under increasingly heavy criticism in the wake of several high profile events and cases. The fallout from these events has led to a sharp uptick in violent crime and assaults directed at police, and several officers have been murdered in the line of duty this year.
Being a cop has never been an easy job, but these days the men and women who serve to protect are having to put up with a lot of abuse and disrespect that gets hurled their way.
In light of all of this negativity, and in an effort to show support for law enforcement, a man from Virginia named Daniel Jessup created an event called “Blue Light Week.” Jessup made a Facebook page for the event which asked people to switch out their front porch light with a blue light bulb during the first week of 2015.
Over 100,000 participants ended up signing on to the event page and from January 1st to the 7th many of their porch lights shone blue. The main purpose of the event was to show support for local and national law enforcement officers throughout the country.
The blue lights conveyed a message of respect and solidarity with officers and their families, as well as helped to raise awareness and get people to stop and think about what it all means.
Participants and supporters who took part in the original 2015 Blue Light Week hope that the event catches on and spreads as more people become aware of it. They plan on doing it all again this coming new year and starting on January 1-7th of 2016 the second Blue Light Week will be held nationwide.
Anyone who wants to participate is welcome to do so. If you would like to show your support for law enforcement officers simply switch out your porch light with a blue bulb.
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If You Notice A Thin Blue Line Painted On The Curb In Front Of Your House. It Means THIS
The “Thin Blue Line” is a concept that reflects a conservative point of view concerning police culture. It is reflective of the worldview held by the police, that when they put on their blue uniform, it represents law and order. That ‘thin blue line’, they say, is what stands between a society that abides by the rules, and anarchy.
The thin line has grown thinner for police across the United States as “bad cops” have gone too far over that line, committing crimes themselves in the line of duty. The majority of the police force across the country, put themselves in harms way, as they protect citizens from the mayhem that exists in a world that has grown more violent every day.
The sheer magnitude of what they face, particularly in the big cities, is overwhelming. When the few bad cops, unfortunate circumstances, or prejudice officers result in the harm or deaths of innocent citizens, that thin blue line gets thinner and thinner. These incidents in our society have been coming to the fore and have resulted in a backlash against the police.
Although some of this is warranted, it has increasingly made it more and more dangerous for good cops to do their job. One citizen, a small business owner Anthony Welichko, saw the public tide turning against the police, and he wanted to do something that would show support for the cops who do a good job, and who have become increasingly afraid for their own lives.
He began an initiative after posting a message to law enforcement on his Facebook page. He has called the movement “The Safe Harbor Initiative”. His post has been shared more than 85,000 times by folks who support what he is saying.
The following video shows him expressing his feelings about the police. He explains that when they see a thin blue line painted on a curb in front of people’s homes (part of his initiative), it is a symbol of support and gratitude for the work they do. “To all the police out there doing their jobs to keep us safe every day. We thank you.”
His heartfelt expression and explanation of his initiative should be watched in the video below. It is food for thought in a world in which too often we see things in black and white, and don’t consider the shades of gray that truly represent the work of “The Thin Blue Line”.
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This Police Officer Approaches These Kids. Seconds Later Nobody Expected This Surprise!
Due to some terrible incidents that have dominated news coverage, in which police had negative and sometimes fatal interactions that involved bad judgement or racism, policemen as a whole have suffered community backlash.
It is so unfortunate that cops who serve their communities bravely are hurt by others’ bad judgements. Recently there have been stories showing footage of the best of police, and the one you are about to watch is at once light-hearted and heart-warming.
There is nothing better than watching a great cop like John Larson, of the San Diego Police, interacting with kids in a fun way. A small action like this helps to restore the trust that police are approachable. Watch as John joins kids in a crowded parking lot to do the now popular, “whip/nae nae”, funky dance.
His moves are priceless, and his interview reveals what a great cop patrolling before a football game is all about. The kids had approached hit about a fundraiser they were doing, and this is what happened! Don’t miss the hilarious twerking player on the side!
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