Little Torch woman arrested for stealing lottery tickets

A 41 year old Little Torch Key woman was arrested Friday, charged with stealing $10,000 worth of lottery tickets.

Detective John Gabay responded to the Big Pine Winn Dixie grocery store Friday and met with the Asset Protection Specialist for the Winn Dixie Corporation. He told the detective the corporation does a lotto inventory every week between February and April and they identified a $13,786 shortage at the Big Pine Key store.

The man told Detective Gabay he had reviewed surveillance video and identified the suspect as store employee Teresa Blanco. He confronted Blanco with the evidence, which showed her taking $25 scratch off tickets, paying for lower cost $2 or $5 tickets and then putting the high cost ones in her purse. Blanco admitted to the theft of $10,000 worth of lottery tickets.

She was arrested on Friday, charged with Grand Theft and booked into jail.

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