The Daily Populous Sunday May 4th, 2025 night edition
Authored by nbcmiami.com and submitted by phoeab

Sometimes your luck can change just like that.

A Kentucky man who won a record-setting $167 million Powerball jackpot was arrested in Florida days later for allegedly kicking a deputy in the face.

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James Farthing, 50, was arrested Wednesday on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, battery, and resisting an officer without violence, Pinellas County jail records showed.

Farthing had been at the Island Grand at Tradewinds at St. Pete Beach when he got into a fight with another patron, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by NBC affiliate WFLA.

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Pinellas County deputies tried to break it up but Farthing ended up kicking one in the face, the affidavit said.

Farthing attempted to flee but was taken into custody and later booked into jail, authorities said.

Farthing, of Georgetown, Kentucky, had just claimed the $167.3 million ticket on Monday, the Kentucky Lottery said.

He and his mother are splitting the winnings after he bought a $2 ticket. Officials said it set the record for a Kentucky Powerball prize.

SamwiseGoody on May 3rd, 2025 at 14:58 UTC »

TLDR: He got in a fight with someone at the hotel he was staying at, cops tried to break it up and he kicked a cop in the face and tried to run.

slamdanceswithwolves on May 3rd, 2025 at 13:29 UTC »

Kentucky man goes to Florida with some New Money... You know it’s gonna be a doozy.

Baronvr on May 3rd, 2025 at 13:23 UTC »

Sure he can afford a lawyer, but kicking a deputy in the face will probably land him in jail for a bit.

I would not want to be anywhere confined with criminals, with them knowing I had hit a 167.3 million jackpot.