Postal employee admits to tampering with mail to redeem prize
By Kate Northrop
A United States Postal Service Office employee was arrested after stealing a Florida lottery player's winning $2,600 Pick 4 ticket and attempting to cash it in.
The Florida Lottery has announced the arrest of a post office worker who tampered with a piece of mail containing a winning lottery ticket worth $2,600 and went through the claims process to keep it for themselves.
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