Tennessee Clerk Arrested for Stealing Customer's $1 Million Lottery Ticket
Store surveillance footage revealed the clerk's attempt to claim the prize as his own, leading to his arrest and the rightful winner's unexpected windfall.
- Meer Patel, 23, was charged with theft over $250,000 after trying to steal a $1 million lottery ticket.
- The customer, an Antioch father, initially did not know he had won the jackpot.
- Store video showed Patel discarding the winning ticket and later retrieving it from the trash.
- Lottery officials became suspicious when Patel attempted to claim the prize with questionable identification.
- The rightful winner has since been informed and will receive his prize.
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