Cops say co-worker killed Lotto winner

orlandosentinel.com ^ | July 11, 2007 | Henry Pierson Curtis

[Main Street]

The man who was arrested went out for drinks and lap dances, they say. Finally hitting the Lotto may have cost Kalvin Stockford his life. The burly Orange County tree trimmer won $10,000 last month and had been bragging about it ever since. Employees found their crew boss dead on the floor with empty pockets Monday morning at Gator Tree Experts near West Fairbanks Avenue. Suspicions quickly focused on Dwayne Ricardo Smith, a missing co-worker with a history of violent crimes, according to Orange County sheriff's reports. Within hours, Smith's best friend began telling detectives about a night that began with murder and ended with strippers, drinks and lap dances. "Drive. Drive. Drive," friend Darwin Rhule quoted Smith as saying after he ran, gun in hand, from the Gator office late Sunday, according to a sheriff's affidavit. "I had to kill the Cracker."

[Waverunner]

As a member of a definite minority in Florida, “ a Cracker”, I call for hate crime legistlation and conviction.

( outnumbered by yankees from NY.NJ.MI,and NE by more than 2 to 1)

[gridlock]

If you ever win the lottery, don’t tell anybody.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

First arrested at 14 on burglary and cocaine charges, the Jamaican-born Smith spent his teenage years in a series of state juvenile-justice facilities, state attorney records show.

Any guesses on immigration status?

"I had to kill the Cracker."

Not a hate crime, wrong color.

[lesser_satan]

The burly Orange County tree trimmer won $10,000 last month and had been bragging about it ever since.

I was at a club once and there was some guy bragging about winning big at a casino and flashing his money around. There were a bunch of cops outside when I left, and somebody told me the guy got rolled in the parking lot. Not a good idea to go around bragging about your money.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

“I had to kill the Cracker.”

Nah, not a hate crime.

/s

[art_rocks]

10,000 isn’t that much to brag about. For most people it would allow them to pay off most of their bills. Nothing to imagine a lap of luxury.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Oh no-————he said the C word.

I thought we had a funeral for that.

[wastedyears]

Might be different if you’re flashing around your winnings in cash.

[Dad yer funny]

well ,.. not to be flippant about a tragic murder , but ,..

I can almost predict ,.. “Crackuh ain’t no thang ,.. but if he called him PECKuhwoood , ..”

[fatnotlazy]

If you ever win the lottery, don’t tell anybody.

***

And that includes your relatives. :)

[tsmith130]

Nothing to imagine a lap of luxury.

I think it said lap dance. ;o)

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Even if he wasn’t “bragging” about it, seems like the kind of thing one might mention at work.

Thing is, this guy was probably giving this illegal(?) convicted criminal a big break by hiring him on his crew.

[Red Badger]

Better to be a Crack-er than a Crack-ho..........

[Natchez Hawk]

121 days for smashing a lady’s head through a window and slashing a neighbor with a knife—after a prior criminal history...

couldn’t see this one coming.

[Red Badger]

And that includes your relatives. :)

like you wife?.....................

[Reeses]

Envy is the motive for most murder, war, and leftist politics.

[fatnotlazy]

“life your wife?”

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Maybe..... :)

[absolootezer0]

hey! michiganders aren’t yankees, we’re midwesterners. :)