Lottery Loser's Shady Past Ohio woman has fraud, assault, trespass convictions
JANUARY 6--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.
According to court records and TSG sources, Battle's rap sheet dates back at least a decade and includes busts for aggravated menacing, assault, criminal trespass, and credit card fraud. The latter conviction, according to this Richmond Heights Police Department report, stemmed from a 1998 swindle Battle orchestrated at a suburban Cleveland business where she worked. She was nabbed for using the credit card number of a customer to make several purchases of groceries and pharmaceuticals at the store, a Finast Supermarket.
Asked about her criminal history, Battle told the Associated Press that she was charged, but not convicted. "I'm done with that," she said. "It makes me look like I'm a bad person. Everybody has bad in the past. I'm not even worried about that, really." Battle's assertion does not square with court records, however. In fact, the credit card conviction came after a Municipal Court jury found her guilty (click here to see the jury's signed verdict).
In each criminal case discovered by TSG, Battle was charged under the name Elecia Dickson. She was married for 13 years to Keith Dickson, from whom she recently divorced (she subsequently married one Jimmie Battle). Keith Dickson--who was unaware that a divorce decree had recently been entered against him in Cuyahoga County's Court of Common Pleas--was not surprised by Elecia's incredible story of losing the Mega Millions ticket. "My wife can stretch things out of proportion," he said. "Looks like she filed a bogus police report."
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