Kentucky $167.3M Powerball Winner and Ex-Convict Who Assaulted Police Officer Pleads Guilty

James Farthing, a former convict who won $167.5 million in Kentucky’s Power Ball, has plead guilty of assaulting a police officer while celebrating in Florida.

Farthing, from Georgetown, Kentucky, was arrested at the Island Grand in St. Petersburg last May, just days after learning his Power Ball ticket was a winner.

He had won the lottery along with his mother, Linda Grizzle. Farthing purchased the ticket for her…

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