Campbell purchased his winning ticket from Highway 83 General Store at 4483 State Road 83 N. in DeFuniak Springs. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
The $10 game, 100X THE CASH, launched in September 2020 and features more than $294 million in cash prizes, including 10 top prizes of $2 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.5, according to the release.
Scratch-off games comprise about 75% of ticket sales and generated more than $1 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in fiscal year 2019-20.
Gabriel Petty was initially arrested during a sting targeting adults soliciting minors for sex. Investigators reportedly found child porn on his phone.
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FORT WALTON BEACH The Okaloosa County Sheriff s Office has charged a man with armed robbery and kidnapping during the commission of a felony.
Elijah Faulkner, 20, of Denton Boulevard in Fort Walton Beach, was arrested Feb. 12, according to an OCSO news release. Investigators said the 15-year-old victim arranged a car ride with 19-year-old Mi quel Coward on Oct. 12, 2020, but when he got in the car Coward pointed a shotgun at him and demanded money.
They struggled and Coward hit the teen in the face with the butt of the shotgun and grabbed him by the hair to prevent him from getting out, the release said. He allegedly robbed the victim of $250 and a cellphone, then forced him out of car several blocks away.
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FREEPORT Walton County Fire Rescue and Walton County sheriff’s deputies responded to a fatal residential fire near Freeport Middle School on Tuesday night.
Deputies and firefighters were called to a home on Kylea Laird Road just after 9:30 p.m. following a 911 call from a passerby who saw flames coming from a building near the school, according to a press release from WCFR.
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