Daily Insanity: NC Education Lottery

Mikala Fields won $1 million in a scratch-off ticket game. Shortly after, her husband, Sean Michael Mewherter, was charged with stealing the lottery ticket.

Photo: NC Education Lottery

On July 2, Fields, of Oak Island, presented the winning ticket to the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL).

Fields, a college student, chose to receive a lump sum settlement of $600,000 and received a check for $408,003 after taxes.

Fields said, "It's honestly just luck. You actually can win." Fields said she would use the money to finish her nursing education, to buy a house and invest for her future.

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After the money was rewarded, Sean Mewherter's manager at a Kangaroo Express in Oak Island, contacted the NCEL. An investigation revealed the lottery ticket was obtained illegally while Mewherter worked at the Kangroo Express.

Brunswick County Sheriff's Office

A short time later, Mewherter was arrested by Oak Island police and security officials from the NCEL.

Mewherter was arrested at the Kangaroo Express and taken to jail.

He is charged with larceny by an employee and possession of stolen goods over $100,000.

Authorities didn't explain how Mewherter obtained the winning ticket; whether it was stolen from a customer or by other means.

Mewherter posted a $10,000 bond and was released from jail.

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Mikala Fields has not been arrested, but the investigation is continuing. Lottery official plan to recover the reward money from Fields. Unless she spent $408,003 in a few days, it should not be difficult to recover most of the reward money.

This story leaves me with more questions than answers. Was Mikala Fields involved in the scam. I get suspicious when someone uses "honestly" in a statement. Where did she say she got the winning ticket?