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Posted on 03/30/2026 8:43:55 AM PDT by Twotone
A $167.3 million Kentucky Powerball winner who went from career criminal to multi-millionaire overnight is accused of stealing a comparatively minuscule $12,000 cash during a head-scratching home burglary over the weekend.
James Farthing, 51, was arrested on second-degree burglary and marijuana possession charges Saturday after security footage allegedly captured him breaking into a Lexington residence that evening, according to Lex18.
Farthing allegedly snatched $12,000 in cash from the home and fled the scene in his black Porsche Passenger — before police caught him and spotted a marijuana blunt in plain view and found more bud during a search of his car, the outlet said, citing an arrest citation.
He was taken into custody at Fayette County Detention Center without incident.
The arrest was Farthing’s third since he won the lottery nearly a year ago.
The greedy burglar has spent the majority of his life behind bars at 25 different correctional institutions before claiming the state’s largest jackpot in April, alongside his 77-year-old mother, Linda Grizzle, and girlfriend, Jacqueline Fightmaster, the Smoking Gun previously reported.
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He doesn’t want to give up his career.
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“Grizzle?” “Fightmaster?” Is this actually a real article?
Some guys just find retirement impossible, they want to keep working.
Well one thing for sure he didn’t need the money.
It is almost as if character matters, who would have ever guessed economics does not drive criminal behavior as much as the libs try to say it does.
Oh yaa, most the freepers here would say that :)
It’s the adrenaline rush that comes with it, that’s what he misses.
Some people just can’t be fixed...
FUNFACT:
Ironic that his last name is Farthing.
A Farthing used to be a coin used in England that was worth about 25% of a Penny. Usage stopped around 1961.
You can take ‘em outta the trailer park but...
Just a guess, but it would seem that “farthing” is a simplified version of “fourth-ing” or “fourth thing,” referring to being 1/4 of a penny.
He probably misses his boyfriend in prison.
Millions in lottery winnings did not change his criminal nature.
Goes to show that money isn’t everything.
How much money is enough? Just a little bit more. (Reckefeller)
Lets get back to real justice......HANG HIM!
I have met someone with the last name Farthing, but not a Grizzle or Fightmaster. This guy seems like he would be one to hang around with people who would legally change names to a video game player name.
His Commissary account should be maxed out.
He probably stole that lottery ticket. Stealing seems to be his thang.
Thieves gotta be thieving. Leopards don’t change their spots.
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