Rains on the just and unjust?
The winner of a $57 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot in June is a registered sex offender who also pleaded guilty to two breaking and entering charges in the 1980s, according to Time Magazine.
Fred Topous Jr., 45, was discharged from Michigan Department of Corrections supervision in October 2006.
Topous said he planned to buy a house, send his children to college and have some fun with his winnings. He said he and his wife work multiple jobs to make ends meet and thought they'd have to work till they died. "I want to enjoy a little bit of life," Topous told state lottery officials. "We're plain folks. We've struggled all our lives."
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Another way to put it is that random events are not interested in anyone's criminal history. :)
Posted on July 8, 2008 8:34 PM