Lady Who Lost Lottery Tckt - Fraud, Assault Conv, Uses Alias

[southerngale]

Lottery Loser's Shady Past

Ohio woman has fraud, assault convictions, uses alias

The Ohio woman who told police that she purchased--and then lost--the winning $162 million Mega Millions lottery ticket--has several arrests on her rap sheet, including convictions for assault and credit card fraud, The Smoking Gun has learned. In addition, Elecia Battle is using an alias and has falsely claimed to be married to the man with whom she now lives.

Battle, whose real name is Elecia Dickson, apparently has borrowed the surname of boyfriend James Battle. The 40-year-old pharmacy worker remains legally married to husband Keith Dickson, though the couple is in the middle of a divorce action pending in Cuyahoga County's Court of Common Pleas.

Using the Battle alias, Dickson this afternoon filed a lawsuit seeking to block the awarding of the Mega Millions jackpot to Rebecca Jemison, the woman who came forward today to claim the lottery jackpot (and who was declared the winner by Ohio state officials).

According to court records and TSG sources, Dickson's rap sheet dates back at least a decade and includes busts for aggravated menacing, assault, and credit card fraud. The latter conviction, according to a source familiar with the case, stemmed from a 1999 swindle Dickson orchestrated at a suburban Cleveland chain store. The below mug shot was taken following Dickson's September 1999 arrest in Cleveland Heights for misdemeanor assault.

The woman's estranged husband--who's been married to Dickson for 13 years--told TSG, "My wife can stretch things out of proportion." He added, "Looks like she filed a bogus police report."

When she went to cops with her tale of the lost lottery ticket, officers asked Dickson how she picked the six winning numbers. A couple of the numbers came from one son's birth date, while another number was her son's age flipped. As for why she picked the winning number 49, Dickson told cops that her "husband turns 49 this year." That came as a surprise to Keith Dickson, himself a dedicated gambler and lottery player. "I'm 44," he said. "I turn 45 in February."

They have a pic of her mug shot from 1999 too.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/elecialotto1.html

[rainstorm]

i agree sg. but a slime lawyer, looking for big bucks has sued, and a fool judge is apparently going to take the case. way too many lawyers in this country, and our courts are a joke.

A hospital worker came forward Tuesday and collected a $162 million lottery jackpot, and another woman who told authorities she bought the winning ticket but lost it has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt any payout to the winner.

Rebecca Jemison, 34, of suburban South Euclid, turned in the ticket for the 11-state Mega Millions jackpot at Ohio Lottery headquarters. The lottery validated it Tuesday as the sole winning ticket for the drawing.

The woman with the competing claim, Elecia Battle, filed a lawsuit later Tuesday asking a Cuyahoga County judge to block the lottery from paying Jemison.

"My ticket was lost. I do recall all the numbers. They are

[WXBUFFJIM]

I guess too many lawyers in courtrooms is just the way we live nowadays. It's amazing that a lawyer even filed suit. Oh well, by the looks of this story, those two women have a heated battle ahead.

Jim

[TexasStooge]

How thick-headed can Elecia Dickson get?

[Fishmn]

I saw this woman on MSNBC last night with her lawyer. The Lawyer was a sheister and couldnt put two sentences together. She was confronted with the Smoking Guns allagations and looked suprised like she was caught. The store where the ticket was bought had cameras but they were broken. The ticket itself is a bearers note, meaning the person who posesses it and signs it is the owner. The only way this woman would have a case is if they find her prints on the ticket which is being checked or if witnesses saw someone steal it from her. She has no case and looks to make the true winners life miserable, but she will lose. The winner is a nurse at a local hospital with a husband and a twelve year old daughter. Good for them.

[wx247]

Yeah...sounds like she has some issues.

[JCT777]

but a slime lawyer, looking for big bucks has sued, and a fool judge is apparently going to take the case.

This happens so often, it is ridiculous. People are always suing in an attempt to get money that is in no way, shape or form rightfully theirs. What a shame.

[Josephine96]

I can't stand this story.. I don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the real winner lol