Sexual predator wins $3 million in Florida Lottery

MOUNT DORA, Fla. (AP) – A sexual predator has won almost $3 million from a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket.

Orlando television station WKMG reported that Timothy Poole bought the winning ticket last weekend at a convenience store in Mount Dora, near Orlando.

Poole is listed on a Florida Department of Law Enforcement website as a sexual predator.

The television station says Poole was arrested in 1999 for on a charge of sexually battering a 9-year-old boy. Poole denied the allegations but pleaded guilty to attempted sexual battery and was sentenced to time served in jail.

His probation was revoked in 2003 after he failed to show up for counseling sessions. He was sentenced to three years in prison and released in 2006.

Poole tells WKMG he was wrongly accused.

This story was originally published December 11, 2014 at 8:14 AM with the headline "Sexual predator wins $3 million in Florida Lottery."