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U.S. Postal Service worker stole winning lottery ticket, police say
Palm Beach Post ^ | 7/31/26 | Michelle Spitzer

Posted on 08/02/2026 6:04:49 AM PDT by traderrob6

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier stole a winning lottery ticket from the mail and fraudulently claimed the prize, authorities said.

An investigation was launched when someone reported a winning Pick 4 ticket mailed through the United States Postal Service never reached its intended investigation. It was determined the ticket was redeemed June 19 at the Florida Lottery's Miami District Office by Lekaysha Lockhart.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lottery; postalworker

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1 posted on 08/02/2026 6:04:49 AM PDT by traderrob6
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2 posted on 08/02/2026 6:06:00 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“Lekaysha”?


3 posted on 08/02/2026 6:06:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The formal oath, as detailed in 39 U.S. Code § 1011 and, requires new hires to pledge allegiance to the Constitution, act without evasion, and commit to faithful service. Key requirements include.

Crossing fingers don’t count when taking it.


4 posted on 08/02/2026 6:09:35 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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No paywall:

https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/01/usps-worker-accused-stealing-winning-lottery-ticket-mail-cashing-it/


5 posted on 08/02/2026 6:11:50 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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“”””a winning Pick 4 ticket mailed through the United States Postal Service never reached its intended investigation.”””


INVESTIGATION??? Looks like there are more lazy reporters than we FReepers thought possible.


6 posted on 08/02/2026 6:17:43 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Already bonded out of jail.


7 posted on 08/02/2026 6:20:01 AM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT! ABM = anything but muslim )
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“mailed through the United States Postal Service never reached its intended investigation”

Well hell, how dumb can you be? I wouldn’t trust ANY carrier with something like that. DRIVE the damn thing, I wouln’t care if it was 500 miles, I wouldn’t let that ticket out of my sight.


8 posted on 08/02/2026 6:25:09 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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Florida Lottery's Miami District Office by Lekaysha Lockhart.

Don't need a photo with that name.

9 posted on 08/02/2026 6:26:23 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Lekaysha ..................


10 posted on 08/02/2026 6:28:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Newman would be smart enough to send Kramer to cash it in while he sat in his dark apartment waiting


11 posted on 08/02/2026 6:28:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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Yogi Bear? Your opinion.


12 posted on 08/02/2026 6:29:15 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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Libturds be like:

“VoTIng bY mAiLS iS sAFe as HoUsES! dErP!”


13 posted on 08/02/2026 6:32:19 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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14 posted on 08/02/2026 6:33:54 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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I’m guessing it was a low winning amount and that the envelope was addressed to the Florida Lottery.


15 posted on 08/02/2026 6:37:23 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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OH NO.

Not another swede named Lakesyka .


16 posted on 08/02/2026 6:38:20 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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How did she know there was a winning lottery ticket in there?


17 posted on 08/02/2026 6:41:01 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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I’m not surprised. DEI hiring for the past thirty years for the USPS has created an organization that is inefficient and filled with dishonest and unethical individuals. I don’t trust anything that has to go through Memphis’ Postal service.


18 posted on 08/02/2026 6:41:09 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Pensions and good benefits are kind of hard to find these days. Good luck Lekaysha!


19 posted on 08/02/2026 6:43:49 AM PDT by utax
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I’ve lived in my house for 22 years. In that time we’ve had 2 mail carriers go to jail for stealing mail. Both black women


20 posted on 08/02/2026 6:45:33 AM PDT by albie
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