A Fayette County judge dismissed a felony second-degree burglary charge against Kentucky Powerball winner James Farthing after the alleged victim testified under oath that she had found the money she originally reported stolen, and that she did not believe Farthing had taken anything.
Farthing, 51, who won Kentucky’s $167.3 million Powerball prize in April 2025, had been charged with second-degree burglary and possession of marijuana following a March 28, 2026, incident at a Lexington residence. The burglary charge was dismissed at a preliminary hearing after Jacqueline Fightmaster took the stand and told the court she had located the missing cash — approximately $10,000 — in a Gucci shoebox at her mother’s house roughly 3 weeks before the hearing.
Officers responded to Fightmaster’s residence on Kenesaw Drive on March 28, 2026, after her son alerted her that the home’s security system had been triggered. Fightmaster told officers she observed a person on her rear security camera and that it sounded as if her side door had been forced open…