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Posted on 10/10/2025 5:27:32 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A Florida man was hit with federal charges this week after he allegedly stole $7,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets from a convenience store, then returned to the scene of the crime mere hours later to try to redeem his loot, according to authorities.
Justin Farley, 43, pulled into a St. Petersburg Circle K on May 5, and “opened multiple cabinets and took scratch-off lottery tickets,” before fleeing the scene in his grey Hyundai Elantra, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Post.
Roughly 40 minutes later, Farley arrived at an area 7-Eleven to redeem the $7,000 worth of scratch-offs, according to the document filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
After an unsuccessful attempt, the bumbling thief returned to the same Circle K and tried to cash in on the seven ticket books he had stolen from the store. His attempt once again failed, the document said.
He then left and returned to the Circle K minutes later, only to come up empty a third time, according to the filing.
Disparaged, Farley drove back to the 7-Eleven in a black mask, yellow shirt, and black Nikes and pointed a replica Glock at the clerk, demanding a staffer open the cash register, prosecutors alleged.
He successfully made off with $120 from the register before escorting the clerk to the back of the store and snatching a pack of Newport cigarettes, prosecutors said.
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Once again, Florida Man fails to disappoint
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Florida Man ping!
This isn’t the first such incident.
Criminal People are really stupid.
The minute those tickets left the store they were cancelled....................................
There it is, Boo Boo!
But he changed his t-shirt!
“... snatching a pack of Newport cigarettes”
Talk about winning The Coveted Golden Dumb-Ass Award.
A pack...of Newports.
In for a penny, in for a pound, bub - swipe cartons of unfiltered Camels, be a real man.
The one with the coffee mug in his butt was this weeks winner
Sheriff Grady Judd has too much fun
That was no coffee mug; that was a full-fledged, I work at the factory all day, coffee thermos!
Sigh. Wish we could clone him.
He packed for a weekxs worth of coffee
Persistent fellow.
“The minute those tickets left the store they were cancelled”
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Yep, you’d think after the 3rd attempt the light bulb would go on.....but yeah, thankfully criminals are morons.
Well, the tickets aren’t worth much unless they’re redeemed.
Lottery tickets each have a unique bar code....once they were stole I’m sure the store reported it and as Red Badger stated in post 3 theyvwere canceled, thereby rendering them unredeamable.
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I’m sure the lottery foresaw this scenario happening long ago, and also as Red Badger states, this isn’t the first time.
On a side note I wonder how much the $7K in scratch off yielded.
He’ll have bragging rights in Prison lol
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