Police Seize Winning Lottery Ticket
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ELLSWORTH, Maine — His lottery ticket was a $1,000 winner, but police have seized it saying it was bought with proceeds from an illegal drug sale.
Michael David, who had been staying at an Ellsworth motel, sold four 10-milligram methadone pills for $15 each last week, Police Chief John Deleo said. He then went to a convenience store and bought lottery tickets and other merchandise and went back to his motel room, where he was busted.
“I guess it will be up to a judge to decide, but it’s in our possession right now as proceeds from a drug transaction,” Mr. Deleo said of the winning ticket. Mr. David, 46, remained in custody yesterday in the Hancock County Jail on drug trafficking charges. An official at the jail said Mr. David was not available for comment.
