Lottery Winner Turned Drug Kingpin Arrested - GoFuckYourself.com

robfantasy · 02-05-2003, 01:07 AM

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A lottery winner may have just learned a big lesson: Easy come, easy go.

Jose Luis Betancourt had a huge stroke of luck just before Christmas when his Lotto Texas ticket matched all six numbers, netting him a $7.5 million prize.

But his luck ran out less than a month later when U.S. Customs agents found 1.63 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the dishwasher and pantry of his apartment, according to officials.

Betancourt, 53, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Feliz Recio on Tuesday and was ordered held without bond on charges of cocaine possession and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Recio said Betancourt committed a "crime of violence," and was a flight risk due to the prize he had claimed just a week earlier.

U.S. Customs Service spokesman Rick Pauza confirmed Betancourt was arrested Friday, but would not say whether the government was planning to seize his winnings.

Lottery officials said a background check on Betancourt, performed for every lottery winner, came back clear.

"We usually check to see if a person owes money for child support, taxes, things like that, before we award them the money," said lottery spokesman Keith Elkins. "Once they receive the money, we have no say on how they invest it."

Spoonie Luv · 02-05-2003, 01:08 AM

WTF man are you the GFY correspondent?

robfantasy · 02-05-2003, 01:10 AM

haha yea with my co anchorman EscortBiz

LiveDose · 02-05-2003, 01:10 AM

Some people just love going down hard. Obviously you can't buy smarts...

Spoonie Luv · 02-05-2003, 01:14 AM

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eRock · 02-05-2003, 02:06 AM

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Originally posted by LiveDose
Some people just love going down hard. Obviously you can't buy smarts...

Maybe he just liked to party....a lot! He had the loot, so why not.

Rich · 02-05-2003, 03:18 AM

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Originally posted by robfantasy

Recio said Betancourt committed a "crime of violence," and was a flight risk due to the prize he had claimed just a week earlier.

What's violent about buying a couple kilos of coke after you win 7 million bucks?

applejacks · 02-05-2003, 03:53 AM

I guess he wants to party hard!!

Splicer · 02-05-2003, 04:11 AM

What an ass!
At least he has bail money.

Ross · 02-05-2003, 05:45 AM

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Originally posted by Spoonie Luv
WTF man are you the GFY correspondent?

applejacks · 02-05-2003, 05:50 AM

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Originally posted by Splicer
What an ass!
At least he has bail money.

What good it is if he has bailmoney with no bail..

Another thing Conspiracy is the hardest case to beat, so this guy better take a plea now. Is harder then murder.

Raph · 02-05-2003, 07:48 AM

what a stupid fuck

why the hell would you go and do that shit when you're settled for life ?

vegasdude · 02-05-2003, 07:49 AM

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OneHungLo · 02-05-2003, 08:15 AM

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Originally posted by applejacks

What good it is if he has bailmoney with no bail..

Another thing Conspiracy is the hardest case to beat, so this guy better take a plea now. Is harder then murder.

There aint no conspiracy here LOL the guy was caught with it. Usually they charge you with conspiracy when they dont catch ya in possesion

.:Frog:. · 02-05-2003, 08:29 AM

Shame such a dumbfuck won the money.

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