Crime Blotter

ByABC News
August 22, 2000, 11:06 AM

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COVINGTON, Ky.

A man who planned to live a life of leisure in Australia after winning a $65.4 million Powerball lottery instead has a few days of court in his future.

Hes not really the kind of winner lottery officials dream about.

In the month since he was anointed a millionaire, the debonair Mack Metcalf, 42, has been served with a court order to pay $31,000 in overdue child support.

He has been charged with public drunkenness outside a sports bar.

And now he has filed suit to obtain a temporary restraining order to get back the $500,000 gift he gave to a woman in a drunken spending spree.

Metcalf claimed in a lawsuit that he gave $500,000 to Deborah Hodge while in an intoxicated state. A judge in the Kenton County Circuit Court has frozen Hodges assets after Metcalf said he gave her the money only after she harassed and threatened him.

He has said that with his mounting legal problems he does not know how soon he will be able to fulfill his dream of moving to Australia.

No word if hes available, ladies, but standby.

WHOS YOUR DADDY?

FORT MYERS, Fla. The daughter of God has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sending her disciples out to plunder the Earth.

Among their dirty deeds was a string of New Years Eve armed robberies, masterminded by the self-proclaimed daughter of God.

I have not deceived. I have not lied. I am Queen Shahmia, Richelle Denise Bradshaw told Circuit Judge Thomas Reese before sentencing.

She denied ever telling her manservants to steal to support her opulent lifestyle.

God is going to have his way. If prison is where he chooses I go, I go with a beautiful smile, she said.

Jurors had convicted Bradshaw of seven felony counts on July 3 after a follower testified Bradshaw directed her entourage to go out and plunder the Earth. Bradshaw, 34, could have been sentenced up to 85 years in prison for conspiracy to commit robbery, five counts of robbery and grand theft. Investigators said two convenience stores, two restaurants and a theater were held up.