$188 million lottery winner arrested on Dope charges

Marie Holmes Lottery Winner



North Carolina single mother Marie Holmes, who won the $188 million Powerball lottery in February, was arrested on July 23 for marijuana possession. Officers also arrested three other people from her home in Shallotte, North Carolina.

Holmes took home a lump sum $88 million after taxes in February. When she won, the 26-year-old single mother reportedly quit both of her jobs at Wal-Mart and McDonald's to care for her four young children, one of whom has cerebral palsy

Although three children were at the house at the time of her arrest, Child Protective Services was not involved.

Public Information Officer Emily Flax with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office stated that Lamar Andre McDow, 31, who lives with Holmes, broke his curfew in violation of his pre-trial release agreement for heroin trafficking and possession charges.

When police arrived at Holmes' residence to arrest McDow, they smelled marijuana, so they obtained a warrant, returned to the home and searched it around 10 p.m. on July 23. The officers reportedly found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a .45 caliber pistol.

Police cited Holmes, 21-year-old Damarius Dontrell Simmons and 31-year-old Danell Lamont McNeil each for marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia.

Police also arrested 23-year-old Jeffrey Antuan Gause for resisting a public officer, and they later released him on a $1,000 bail.

McDow faces charges of possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. McDow is currently detained in the Brunswick County Detention Facility, pending a $6 million bail.

According to the state, the gun is registered to Holmes, but McDow had handled it, which led to his firearm possession charge.

Assistant District Attorney Chris Thomas alleged that McDow is Holmes' fiance, and rumor has it that she has paid his bail before, although court payment records cannot confirm this. They point only to bail bondsmen, who do not typically disclose who paid them.



(Give her 2 years and she will be broke ...Oh BOY) $88 millions will be all gone like a smoke, she is a train wreck :smt043 :smt043 You would think with that kinda money her life would improve tremendously and she would quickly be on the fast lane while carefully choosing people she hang around but unfortunately that isn't happening, If you love your weed that much move to where its legaL TO SMOKE Like Colorado or Washinton State. I feel sorry for her and her children.

 

Guess the streets are clean with her in jail.

 

I had heard of the troubles that lottery winners face after winning the lottery. If I won the lottery or the Powerball, I wouldn't advertise the fact. If it happens to me, nobody but family and a few friends would know about it. Then I would have to move to another city where no one knows me. I Will live quietly and comfortably.

 

For some weed and a pistol? Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.

 

G,does the state where you live can make you win without telling your name like in South Carolina?

 

If thats true about the bail then that would be seriously foul.

I wonder if she would be able to sue on that...if it happened

 

In Florida, it is not required that you reveal yourself. But they do say that a winner ist have an attorney or financial advisor to represent them. The winner can claim the winnings anonymously through a blind trust. That will keep anyone from finding out who you are. It can work in any state. Those that do reveal themselves just want to be seen and the state simply uses it to promote the game and encourage others to play. The lottery puts money into the state more so than tourism.

 

They are going to have one passed in NC. G,according to a NC newspaper Florida is not on the list of states where winners to remain anonymous.

 

That's because the winners want to be seen. Only an attorney can help in this area. The state just won't give the winnings away without representation. The state records the name of the winner, the amount won, the dates, taxes, etc. It can be done.

 

It goes a little deeper. The OP story didn't report it, but one of the first things she did after she won the lottery was pay her (same) boyfriend bail on his previous arrest. It was $3 million.

So then you could factor in this possibility...
The cops and DA saw her loyalty (or stupidity) and figured she's good for easy money. Cops banked (literally) on the assumption that dude would eventually violate his parole, and tailed him.

They then set his bail at $6 million because he could be considered a 'flight risk' due to the fact that 'he' paid his last expensive bail. However, if you step back, this is just a pure (legal) money grab attemspt because they know she will pay his bail again, and he'll fuck up again.

 

What a waste. You would think that after having a child a woman would stop getting involved with questionable people and situations and clean up her life for the sake of being a good parent to her child/children.

Just sad.

 

C33,it also shown the tithing to that church are just words and the money was used to bail out a no good boyfriend.

 

Marie Holmes, North Carolina's $188 million Powerball lottery winner, is back in the news again.

This time Holmes is not spending millions of dollars on bailing her boyfriend, Lamarr "Hot Sauce" McDow, out-of-jail for the fourth time, but a pastor is allegedly suing her for $10 million for reneging on a verbal contract.

The 27-year-old mother of two took home a $127 million lump sum payment following her lottery win in February, 2015. (See N.C. Powerball lottery winner claims share of jackpot worth $188 million, Lottery Post, Feb. 24, 2015.)

Pastor Kevin Matthews says he is experiencing emotional and mental distress due to her backing down from a verbal contract they had regarding $1.5 million to purchase land to build a retreat facility.

"Because of the emotional distress and mental stress, they put me through, I had to start taking more medicine for anxiety and depression due to this situation," says Pastor Kevin Matthews.

Holmes' attorney, Ruth Sheehan, of The Francis Law Firm, said she was not aware of the situation or the lawsuit.

In a recent interview, Pastor Matthews said, "God led him to her house and he prayed with her."

He later met Holmes and ministered to her on several occasions at her new home. He also said he ministered to three other people at her home, and then he eventually asked her to consider giving him money to purchase land to build a retreat. He gave her three different amounts that he needed ($1 million, $1.5 million and $2 million). After several meetings, she agreed to give him $1.5 million to help purchase land to build a retreat center that he says he had been praying about for years.

Matthews spoke to several Realtors about the land and told them about the blessing he was receiving from Holmes, and he made a verbal contract to purchase the land. He says he even promised $200,000 out to other people and their ministries over a two-year period.

Matthews says that eventually Holmes told him that her accountant, Dexter Perry, would be in touch and she did not know how long it would take because the money was in bonds. Matthews says Perry, called him and they talked for three hours about the matter and the conversation ended with the money would be available by the end of the year. A three-hour recording made by Matthews appears to confirm Matthews' story regarding Holmes supposedly giving money to him to purchase land for a retreat. Perry can be heard on the recording stating that Holmes' Foundation is being set up and that Holmes really wanted to help people out and that they will have her foundation, and everything set up soon and they will do it the right way.

On the last few minutes of the recording, Perry can be heard stating, "Well, I appreciate you allowing me to call and spend this amount of time with you this morning. I'm going to go ahead and email you as soon as we hang up. Just reply to that. I'm going to ask for a few things — if you just get that to me at your leisure." He goes on to say, "Like I said before, there's no need really to ask Marie anymore. She already said she wants to do something and now it's up to us to fulfill our strategy, and I definitely understand the urgency in terms of your land purchase and people calling you." The conversation ends with Matthews saying he wants to do what God wants him to do and help as many people as possible.

The accountant involved as well as Holmes attorney, Ruth Sheehan, were not available for comment.

"I didn't see this coming and I think it was a third party that came along and told her not to do this," says Matthews. Holmes started a foundation and appointed her aunt as the executive director, according to Matthews. At some point, Matthews says he believes her aunt, Carmel Wheaton, got involved and stopped her from sending him the money. He says, Wheaton called him and said, "We have decided not to give you money." He said he explained to Wheaton that Ms. Holmes said she was giving it and the accountant assured him as well. He said her argument was, "Did she promise it to you?" Matthews said, "I got caught up with trying to be truthful and said she didn't use the word 'promise.'" Matthews then quoted Wheaton as saying, "She was appalled that a pastor would even ask for money."

Matthews contacted Holmes and she would not return any calls. Holmes' boyfriend, Lamarr McDow, did call Matthews and said, "There was nothing ever written down so the best thing you can do is mind your business and Marie will mind her business." Matthews said he had prayed with McDow on several occasions and tried to help him clean up his life.

Asked if he had talked to Holmes lately and Matthews says he ran into her recently and she wouldn't speak to him. Interestingly, when asked for his attorney's name and contact information, Matthews would not release the information. He says he is waiting on the paperwork (lawsuit) from his attorney.

"The bottom line ... I just want her (Marie Holmes) to do what she said she was going to do. I want peace and to do what God told me to do. I want her to do what she said she was going to do," says Matthews. "I really feel like a warrior for Christ and people need to be accountable."

Marie Holmes donated $700,000 to her church, Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church last December.


Pastor Matthews

I thought her pastor was black, ............oh well may be she want leave her loser BF and started to have crush on this pastor who knows

 

She will be in the news until the money runs out. GET USED TO her being in the news LOL .:smt043:smt043 this is a train wreck, I said give her 2 years last summer....... Do you remember that ?