Overview
- James Farthing, 51, was charged in Lexington after police say security video showed him entering a Kenesaw Drive home Saturday and $12,000 in cash was reported missing.
- Officers located him at the Red Mile Gaming parking lot later that evening and reported a marijuana blunt in plain view before finding more in his vehicle during a search.
- He was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center, a $10,000 bond was posted Sunday, and court records listed a Monday afternoon appearance on the burglary case.
- Farthing also has pending cases for an alleged November hit-and-run with wanton endangerment in Fayette County and a February intimidation charge in Scott County, with arraignments scheduled in April.
- He won Kentucky’s $167.3 million Powerball in April 2025 after buying a ticket in Georgetown, and he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a Florida misdemeanor battery from days after the win.