A Lakeville convenience store clerk pleaded guilty in court Friday to trying to steal and cash a $3 million winning lottery ticket .
24-year-old Carly Nunes pleaded guilty in Brockton Superior Court to one count of presentation of a false claim, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
The guilty plea comes after a 4-month investigation that involved video surveillance footage, several witness interviews, and a thorough review of records.
Nunes and her co-worker, 32-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire, native Joseph Reddem, were indicted in May 2023 for scheming a victim out of his winning lottery ticket.
Judge William Sullivan sentenced Nunes to two years of probation with drug screens and drug counseling.
Arrest warrant issued for Mass. store clerk charged in scheme to cash stolen $3M lottery ticket
On Jan. 17, 2023, the victim, in this case, is said to have entered Savas Liquors at Bedford Street in Lakeville and purchased a bag of barbecue potato chips, two Massachusetts State Lottery Quick Picks for the Mega Millions lottery, and two for the Mass Cash lottery. The man added a multiplier to his Mega Millions ticket to increase the jackpot prize.