WHITE CITY, Ore. – A local woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally.
Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend’s dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005.
Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit card.
On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Ray White ruled that the winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity and must be forfeited under Oregon law.
Goodenow pleaded no contest to forgery, cheating and aggravated theft.
Besides stripping Goodenow of her winnings, White sentenced Goodenow to a month in jail. But White gave her credit for the six months she served earlier this year for possessing methamphetamine.
Goodenow, who maintains she bought the winning ticket with cash from her own pocket and said she plans to appeal, must spend two years on probation.
how do u get time off a new jail term just because of you old jail term for something different when both were actualy crimes you commited?
does that mean if you kill someone and do 20 years, you can go kill someone else and get 20 years MINUS a 20 year credit for your previous 20 years you served ?
yes … serve one get one free jail sentances in white city !
i don’t think you can even buy lotto tickets on credit in NY…?
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Your not suppose to, but when I worked at wilson farms I didn’t really care. If I printed a bunch of lotto tickets and ripped off a bunch of scratch offs then they hand me a credit card I would cash them out… if they had the credit out first then asked for tickets I would say no.
