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Lottery Winner Who Bankrolled Meth Ring Still Serving 21-Year Federal Sentence

Recent reports revive the case in light of coverage of another lottery winner's criminal conviction.

Overview

  • He won $3 million in a Georgia scratch-off in 2015 and funneled the windfall into a meth distribution network operating across state lines.
  • Ten associates were arrested in September 2015 while attempting to sell meth worth about $500,000, according to court records.
  • Weeks later, an informant led police to Music, who was found with four pounds of meth and about £17,000 in cash.
  • Searches of his home and workplace uncovered 11 firearms, including assault-style weapons, a stolen revolver and an illegal sawed-off shotgun, which he was barred from possessing as a felon.
  • He pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and felon-in-possession charges and was sentenced on April 3, 2017, to 21 years in federal prison, drawing sharp rebukes from the judge and the U.S. Attorney.