Lottery winners with criminal history

23-01-2011

Holly Lahti recently took home a €285 million Mega Million jackpot. Reports show that her husband has a criminal history. Joshua Lahti has been detained 15 times for a number of criminal offences and drug crimes.

Battery arrest

A booking photograph of both persons demonstrates the young mother of two with an injured eye. The photograph was taken early 2003 at their battery arrest. Holly and Joshua walked down the aisle in 2001 but got separated a few years later.

Criminal history

Joshua Lahti has an impressive criminal record. In 2002 he was detained for second degree abduction, domestic violence and child abuse, false imprisonment, unlawful offensive physical contact and possession of drug paraphernalia. Joshua Lahti was also detained for drunk driving in 2010, while he was arrested for spousal abuse in 2000.

Mega Million jackpot

They were divorced when Holly’s lucky numbers 4-8-15-25-47-42 appeared on January 4. She worked at North West Bank in Rathdrum, Idaho, but decided to resign after winning the Mega Million jackpot.

Lottery prize

Holly Lahti’s jackpot is the second biggest lottery prize in the American history. She will share the jackpot money with Jim and Carolyn McCullar from Washington. She still needs to claim the jackpot. Her former colleague Sussana Spencer stated: “Everybody is really excited about Holly’s cash prize. She can really use the money.”