Walmart cashier hid winning lottery ticket from elderly customer: Police

A Florida pistillate mislaid her occupation astatine Walmart aft constabulary said she kept a winning lottery summons from an aged customer.

Tameka Hall, 40, was charged with expansive theft aft deputies from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said she intentionally kept a winning lottery summons from its rightful owner. According to an affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, the store manager of a Walmart successful DeLand, Florida, was contacted by an aged antheral who bought a lottery summons and was trying to assertion his $2,700 prize astatine the store connected June 24.

Police said Hall verified the man's summons was a winner, but past she pocketed the summons alternatively of giving it back.

According to the affidavit, Hall told the antheral aft confirming his $2,700 prize that the magnitude was excessively ample for the store to provide. He would person to bring the summons and the receipt to different location, she allegedly told him. Hall handed the antheral a receipt for the ticket, which included the instructions helium needed to assertion his currency prize, but constabulary said Hall was caught connected store cameras putting the winning summons successful the pouch of her Walmart worker vest.

After the antheral near the store, Hall told constabulary that she realized she did not instrumentality the summons to the man, but wanted to assistance different lawsuit who came successful aft helium was gone. She told constabulary that she ended her workday with the summons inactive successful her pocket.

Police said the antheral realized aboriginal the aforesaid time that his winning summons was not among the paperwork helium received and helium returned to the Walmart to retrieve his ticket. He made interaction with different Walmart employee, who past informed the store manager who reviewed the camera footage of the enactment betwixt Hall and the lottery winner.

According to the affidavit, Hall was seen providing the antheral instructions and a receipt for the ticket, but was allegedly captured taking the summons from the instrumentality that printed it aft the antheral near the store. Hall told constabulary that she inactive had the ticket, which was recovered successful her car successful the Walmart parking lot. She denied that she planned to support the summons for herself and "deprive [the man] of his winnings."

More from Law&Crime: 'Sit astatine my room array and ticker maine die': Lotto victor stabbed 15 times for jackpot by assailant who fell dormant aft unfortunate played dormant from attack

The winning lottery summons was held arsenic evidence. Law&Crime reached retired to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office for an update connected the presumption of the lottery winner's summons and whether helium has been capable to cod his prize. The sheriff's bureau did not supply an contiguous response.

Local CBS affiliate received a confirmation from Walmart that Hall was no longer employed astatine the company. She was charged with expansive theft betwixt $750 and $5,000 and booked into the Volusia County Jail connected June 15. She posted enslaved the aforesaid time and was released. Her adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for July 9.