Bay City, Michigan: A Michigan couple who won $500,000 (Dh1.8 million) on a state lottery scratch-off ticket in 2016 has been charged in a string of burglaries.
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MLive.com reports that 29-year-old Mitchell Arnswald and 28-year-old Stephanie Harvell were charged Friday on home invasion and possession of burglary tools charges. They are each being held on $50,000 cash bonds.
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They were arrested Thursday following a burglary in Merritt Township, 180 kilometres northwest of Detroit. Bay County Sheriff Troy Cunningham says the couple is suspected in burglaries in five counties spanning two months.
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Court records show neither has an attorney.
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Harvell said in a 2016 Michigan Lottery news release that she and her husband were living paycheck to paycheck before she bought the winning $5 “Hot Ticket” from a Bay City gas station.
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