A Tennessee man has been arrested on more than a dozen charges after he reportedly attacked his ex-girlfriend, kidnapped her and assaulted police officers -- all over a lottery ticket.
Dontrell Hanes, 43, is accused of showing up at the victim's Memphis home on Tuesday, upset that he hadn't received a lottery ticket she was apparently supposed to pick up for him, according to an affidavit obtained by WMC.
The incident happened amidst the $2.04 billion Powerball drawing, the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
When the victim refused to let him in, Hanes went through the garage, kicked in the door and entered the home, the arrest report reveals. He hit and choked the woman, then forced her into his vehicle and drove to Horn Lake, Mississippi where he stopped to eat, per the report.
At one point, Hanes demanded $10,000 from the victim, who refused to give it to him.
The woman, who did not want to be identified, told WREG she thought Hanes, who had a gun, was going to kill her.
"I thought I was going to die because he said that was it. He didn't have anything to live for," she said. "That's why I kept saying 'Why you got to take me with you? I'm not ready to die.'"
Eventually, Hanes let the woman make a phone call and police were able to track the duo's location.
"He took the phone when my daughter kept asking where are you. He snatched the phone and he hung up. Sixty seconds later, [the police] had us," the woman told WREG. "That was a blessing. They had surrounded us with cars and weapons."
When sheriff's deputies caught up with the pair at an Exxon gas station, Hanes was "physically and verbally combative" before he was taken into custody, according to the affidavit. He's accused of assaulting four deputies.
Hanes is now being held on a $250,000 bond.
Charges include aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, domestic assault, theft of property, possessing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, unlawful carrying/possession of a weapon, being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, four counts of aggravated assault of a first responder, and resisting official detention.
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