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Store clerk admits to trying to cash customer’s $3M lottery ticket, is sentenced to probation
A Massachusetts store clerk embroiled in the unique case involving a $3 million lottery ticket admitted Friday that she tried to cash in on the winning, despite knowing they belonged to someone else.
The NBC10 Boston Investigators have been closely following the case, and produced a 30-minute documentary, “$3 Million Mistake.”
Carly Nunes had a choice when she discovered the ticket had been left behind. The decision she made resulted in multiple criminal charges of larceny and fraud.
In Brockton Superior Court on Friday, Nunes admitted there was enough evidence to find her guilty of one of those felony indictments – trying to file a false claim. The three other charges against her were dismissed. A judge imposed a sentence of two years probation with the requirement of continuing substance abuse treatment.
Surveillance footage from a Lakeville Convenience Store lays out the sequence of events.
Last January, a man named Paul Little bought a lottery ticket and a bag of chips.
Nunes, the store cashier, forgot to hand Little the ticket, and he left without noticing.
Days later, video captured Nunes attempting to claim the prize at the Lottery headquarters in Dorchester. But employees there became suspicious and launched an investigation into the purchases.
Nunes was eventually indicted by a grand jury and arrested on a warrant when she skipped her arraignment.
She’s been released and has been attending court-ordered substance abuse treatment.
After a lengthy investigation by Massachusetts State Police, Little learned he was actually the rightful winner and finally received the large check last June.
Reached by phone about the conclusion to the case, Little told NBC10 Boston that Nunes is young enough to learn from the mistake and pick a different direction in life.
He added that he wishes her the best and prays good things come her way.
Police dog finds 4 mummified monkeys in bag at Boston’s Logan airport
The dehydrated bodies of four dead monkeys were discovered by a police dog in luggage at customs at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, officials said.
The mummified bodies, considered prohibited bushmeat under federal law, were in a bag that belonged to a passenger who was returning to the U.S. from the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa, according to a release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
CBP shared images of the monkeys’ bodies, which appeared to be wrapped in a blanket, inside a basket which was inside a cardboard box.
The bodies were discovered during routine screening of baggage coming into the country at Logan airport, according to CBP. The police dog, Buddey, alerted the officer he works with to the luggage that was on a flight from Paris.
The passenger who the luggage belonged to was asked what was inside the bag, and told the agent that dried fish were all that was inside. The bag was x-rayed, which showed dried fish, but the bodies, which weighed nearly 9 lbs. in total, were discovered when an officer physically inspected the bag.
The bodies were marked to be destroyed, CBP said, at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which regulates materials involving monkeys coming into the U.S. and said that the bag either had to be destroyed or returned to France.
Raw or minimally processed wild animal meat from certain locations around the world is referred to as bushmeat, and it’s illegal to bring into the country. It carries a $250,000 fine, according to the CDC.
“The potential dangers posed by bringing bushmeat into the United States are real,” said Julio Cararvia, CBP’s Boston area port director, in a statement. “Bushmeat can carry germs that can cause illness, including the Ebola virus. The work of CBP’s K9 unit and Agricultural Specialist were vital in preventing this potential danger from entering the U.S.”
NBC10 Boston has reached out to CBP to see if the passenger, who wasn’t identified, will face any charges over the bodies in the bag.
MISSING PERSON: 15-year-old missing from Waltham
Police in Waltham, Massachusetts, are searching for a missing teen.
Esvin Vazquez Cordova, 15, was last seen near Hagar Street on Thursday evening. He is described as 5-foot-5, 170 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
He’s known to frequent the Gardencrest area.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Waltham police at 781-314-3607.
No other details were immediately available.
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