Lance 228 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/01/lottery.winner.ap/index.html man this poor guy (well he's a rich guy...but still)...anything he does makes national headlines...he's on CNN every other month for something...they must have a reporter assigned to him or something. ForrestHic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I saw it on the 6 o' clock news, where he got introuble for DUI...and also for posession of a hand-gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 [ QUOTE ] CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Officials planned to seek the man who won almost $315 million at Powerball on a bail violation charge after he was arrested on a DUI count in another county. Kanawha County Magistrate Tim Halloran ordered Jack Whittaker's arrest on Thursday, two days after Whittaker was charged with driving under the influence near Beckley, in southern West Virginia's Raleigh County. The magistrate said that arrest violated a condition of a $150 bond from a January DUI arrest in Nitro. A bail violation could send Whittaker to jail for 10 days, "especially when he's out on bail for DUI and he's arrested for DUI," prosecutor Mike Clifford said. [/ QUOTE ] He's back on the front page of CNN yet again today....lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89bluedevil 10 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Just proves money can't buy brains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 i have lived in Hurricane West Virginia thats in Kan. Co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 ...and back on the front page of CNN yet AGAIN today... http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/14/lottery.winners.fall.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan 10 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 He's back in the news again, this guy is like a leech, you just can't get rid of him. This time, it's his granddaughter though, they found her dead, allegedly from an OD. Lottery Winner's Granddaughter Found Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_fan 91 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Lottery jackpot winner's granddaughter found dead in West Virginia By APRIL VITELLO Associated Press Writer SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. (AP) -- The 17-year-old granddaughter of the nation's largest lottery winner was found dead near her boyfriend's home, her body wrapped in a sheet and plastic tarp. "All I know is she OD'd and Brandon freaked out,'' Steve Crosier, the father of Brandi Bragg's boyfriend, Brandon, told reporters in a brief conversation outside the house. Bragg, who lived in the nearby town of Hurricane, was last seen alive Dec. 4. She was reported missing five days later by Jack Whittaker, who won a $314.9 million jackpot on Christmas Day 2002 but has battled legal and other problems since then. The cause of death was under investigation. Authorities said there were no obvious signs of violence, and they would not comment on whether drugs were involved. An autopsy was planned for Tuesday, and police said Tuesday morning there was nothing new to report. Bragg's body was found Monday behind a junked van several hundred feet from the home of Steve Crosier, whose son Brandon was Bragg's boyfriend, said Trooper S.E. Wolfe. A preliminary investigation indicated that Bragg may have died in the Crosiers' house and her body was later moved. Wolfe said Monday's discovery was based on interviews with Brandon Crosier and others. "We are focused on him but I wouldn't call him a suspect yet,'' he said. After his conversation with reporters outside his home, Steve Crosier told The Associated Press he did not know any details of Bragg's death or when her body was placed outside on his property. Crosier said he had been busy tending to his daughter, Jennifer, who died of cancer Dec. 13. Bragg's body was identified by tattoos on her neck, said State Police Sgt. Jay Powers. "The troopers had talked to her in the past and knew her,'' Powers said. Whittaker and other family members did not return messages. There was no listing for Bragg's mother, Ginger McMahon of Beckley, who is Whittaker's daughter. Shortly after he won the lottery, the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, Whittaker said he had few plans for himself but wanted to lavish his winnings on his daughter and Brandi, then 15. But Whittaker -- already a wealthy contractor before his lottery win -- has had several brushes with the law since he won the prize. Earlier this month, a magistrate ordered him to go into rehab and surrender his driver's license after his second drunken driving arrest this year. He must report to rehab by Jan. 2. He has also been accused in two lawsuits of assaulting female employees of a racetrack. And his vehicle, business and home have been broken into. In September, an 18-year-old friend of his granddaughter was found dead at Whittaker's home. That death remains under investigation. Whittaker was out of town at the time. AP-ES-12-21-04 0950EST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_fan 91 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 we posted at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan 10 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Great minds think alike, it's too bad that pure dumbasses win $300 million lotteries though, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/22/whittaker.granddaughter.ap/index.html more today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan 10 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 http://enews.earthlink.net/article/gen?guid=20050311/423125d0_3ca6_1552620050311-1067996638 It's a wrongful death lawsuit now, by the family of the first guy they found dead. Jesse Joe Tribble, 18, was found dead Sept. 17 at Whittaker's home in Scott Depot. "The night before, according to the lawsuit, Tribble had used drugs at the home with 17-year-old Brandi Bragg. When Tribble passed out on a bed, the lawsuit said, Bragg left him there instead of seeking medical help, though "she knew he was severely intoxicated and ill from the use of illegal drugs." Bragg died less than three months later. The cause of death has not been determined." We should have seen this one coming. But I hope the family takes a good chunk of that $319 million, the old man was a wealthy contractor already anyhow. And obviously he's too irresponsible to have that much money anyhow. I mean drinking and driving, dead kids (one being his own granddaughter) found in his house, geez, take this guy's money away already now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 give it to me...i'll put every kid in the SWD through college...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 ...and yet again. http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/13/lottery.nightmare.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Just goes to show that money cannot buy happiness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 what happened to oj simpson? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Thats different, he got away w/ Murder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_fan 91 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Is he still living over near Rocky Gap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 i mean i saw his name on the news earlier..somethin about armed robbery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Just goes to show that money cannot buy happiness... [/ QUOTE ] Maybe, but I sure would like to give it a shot. I've always said a person that says money can't buy happiness just doesn't know where to shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Is he still living over near Rocky Gap? [/ QUOTE ] That's his "girlfriend" that lives in Rocky Gap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Just goes to show that money cannot buy happiness... [/ QUOTE ] Maybe, but I sure would like to give it a shot. I've always said a person that says money can't buy happiness just doesn't know where to shop... [/ QUOTE ] LOL...i agree...I'd have no problem putting that lotto cash to good use around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Money will buy a lot of things people think will make them happy. It also buys problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 [ QUOTE ] It also buys problems. [/ QUOTE ] Only if you are a fool...and you know what they say about a fool and his money. But you also have to know who your real friends are. When you have money, everyone is your "friend"...when your broke, only your real friends support you. If you know who your real friends are, you won't have many problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 It is never the friends, it is those d**n relatives. All the cousins you have avoided for years come sniffing when there is money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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