*You would think that after winning the $188 million Powerball lottery she could easily do better. However …
North Carolina resident Fontella Marie Holmes is putting her lottery winnings to use with posting a $6 million bail for her live-in boyfriend Lamar McDow.
As EUR previously reported, Holmes hit the  $188 million Powerball jackpot back in February.  Now, StarNewsOnline is reporting that Jail officials confirmed that McDow, who was arrested in November on charges related to various drug offenses, was released from the Brunswick County, NC jail Wednesday (Aug. 5) after his bail was posted. Some of the offenses McDow served time for came from a drug seizure last summer of more than 8,000 bags of heroin.
According to the site, Holmes paid $3 million to bail McDow out of jail days after she collected her winnings in a lump sum. After taxes, Holmes was left with $88 million.
On July 23, Holmes was cited on marijuana possession charges while McDow, a confirmed gang member, was arrested the same day on a weapons charge, according to the sheriff’s office. Emily Flax, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office says deputies found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at the home Holmes and McDow share in the Rutledge community in Shallotte.
McDow was ultimately charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm after deputies found a gun during a search of the home.
In addition to Holmes and McDow, deputies cited Damarius Simmons, 21, and Danell McNeil, 31 for marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Both men lived at Holmes’ house, deputies noted. Jeffrey Gause, a 23-year-old out of Shallotte was also involved in the incident and charged with resisting a public officer, according to the sheriff’s office.
Bailing McDow out was just one of Holmes’ goals upon winning the lottery, right up there with a desire to finish college and travel, and plans to donate to her church and charities for cerebral palsy, a condition she said her son has. Upon hearing about Holmes’ situation, social media users weighed in with their thoughts. Here’s a sampling:
Shenelle Collins Ackumey (Dallas): “Relocate to a small town where NObody knows you and leave ALL that drama behind. you “betta get girl” before you be broke again!!!”
Terri Lemasters: “What?? She made the smartest decision of you life on this day..the only bad decision here is your stupid comment. 88 million will by her and her children a lifetime of options.”
Deneen FabulousFifties Williams: ” If she keeps making horrible choices (26 years old, single parent with four children), her money will be squandered away. She obviously has no common sense because she keeps bailing out her loser boyfriend and keeps company with drug users and uses drugs herself. She will be back on welfare in no time, living off other taxpayers once again…”
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