Alleged bank robber bought lotto tickets

Police in Joliet, Ill., said a bank robbery suspect was arrested after he used allegedly stolen money to buy lottery tickets minutes after the crime.

Deputy Police Chief Patrick Kerr said Jack Menolascina, 48, was spotted by a police officer behind a gas station only three minutes after the 11:29 a.m. robbery at a Bank of America branch on the opposite corner from the station, the Joliet Herald reported Friday.

Written on September 7, 2008 | Posted in Lotto News | No Comment

Do you have the $9.7 million Lotto ticket in hand?

Check this: 01-08-21-30-36-39.

Stories usually don’t start with numbers.

But then lottery tickets worth nearly $10 million usually don’t go unclaimed, either.

It’s been a month since a Lotto drawing for a ticket worth $9.7 million. The prize purchase was made at a 7-Eleven store in Shoreline, at 1232 N. 185th St.

Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in Lotto News | No Comment