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This Walter White wannabe is officially down on his luck.
Ronnie Music Jr., a 45-year-old Georgia man, is facing a maximum of life in prison after he invested part of his $3 million lottery winnings into a crystal methamphetamine drug ring, federal officials said Tuesday.
Music, who won the lump sum in a local scratch-off lottery game in Feb. 2015, pleaded guilty in US District Court to the federal drug trafficking and gun charges last week.
Investigators revealed that after he hit it big, Music conspired with others to buy and sell kilograms of crystal meth in Ware County, Ga. and elsewhere.
It was determined that Music was a source of supply for the meth that he purchased for resale with his own lottery winnings, officials said.
His co-conspirators were caught trying to sell about 11 pounds of the drug, which has an estimated street value that exceeds $500,000, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
Music won the top lottery prize after playing the instant game 100X The Money, which he bought from a Waycross gas station.
“I couldn’t believe it, and I still don’t believe it yet,” Music told Fox affiliate WBRC-TV at the time. “I buy tickets every once in a while.”
Music, a former maintenance supervisor, and his wife planned on saving a portion of the winnings, according to the TV station.
Federal agents seized more than $1 million worth of meth, an arsenal of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, multiple cars, and more than $600,000 in cash as part of the case.
“Defendant Music decided to test his luck by sinking millions of dollars of lottery winnings into the purchase and sale of crystal meth. As a result of his unsound investment strategy, Music now faces decades in a federal prison,” US Attorney Ed Tarver said.
Source: http://nypost.com/2016/07/27/lottery-winner-used-3m-prize-to-fund-meth-lab-feds-say/
Ronnie Music Jr., a 45-year-old Georgia man, is facing a maximum of life in prison after he invested part of his $3 million lottery winnings into a crystal methamphetamine drug ring, federal officials said Tuesday.
Music, who won the lump sum in a local scratch-off lottery game in Feb. 2015, pleaded guilty in US District Court to the federal drug trafficking and gun charges last week.
Investigators revealed that after he hit it big, Music conspired with others to buy and sell kilograms of crystal meth in Ware County, Ga. and elsewhere.
It was determined that Music was a source of supply for the meth that he purchased for resale with his own lottery winnings, officials said.
His co-conspirators were caught trying to sell about 11 pounds of the drug, which has an estimated street value that exceeds $500,000, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
Music won the top lottery prize after playing the instant game 100X The Money, which he bought from a Waycross gas station.
“I couldn’t believe it, and I still don’t believe it yet,” Music told Fox affiliate WBRC-TV at the time. “I buy tickets every once in a while.”
Music, a former maintenance supervisor, and his wife planned on saving a portion of the winnings, according to the TV station.
Federal agents seized more than $1 million worth of meth, an arsenal of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, multiple cars, and more than $600,000 in cash as part of the case.
“Defendant Music decided to test his luck by sinking millions of dollars of lottery winnings into the purchase and sale of crystal meth. As a result of his unsound investment strategy, Music now faces decades in a federal prison,” US Attorney Ed Tarver said.
Source: http://nypost.com/2016/07/27/lottery-winner-used-3m-prize-to-fund-meth-lab-feds-say/
