By Todd Northrop
The man engaged to the North Carolina woman who claimed a Powerball lottery jackpot share worth $188 million earlier this year was placed back in jail for the third time in less than a year on Monday.
Lamarr Andre McDow, also known as "Hot Sauce," was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
A spokeswoman for the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office said that McDow turned himself in after being indicted on the charge. He was processed out of the jail a short time later.
Last November, McDow was arrested on heroin charges. While he was behind bars, Marie Holmes, McDow's fiancé, was one of three winners who split a $564 million Powerball jackpot. Holmes's share was worth $188 million, and she took home $88 million after taxes when she decided to take the lump sum. (See N.C. Powerball lottery winner claims share of jackpot worth $188 million, Lottery Post, Feb. 24, 2015.)
Prosecutors said Holmes paid McDow's $3 million bond just a week after her lottery win.
In July, McDow was arrested a second time for violating the terms of his curfew after his March release.
When deputies went to pick McDow up at the home that he shares with Holmes, they smelled marijuana and found a gun that belonged to him. Holmes and several other people in the home were cited for possession. (See $188 million lottery winner arrested on marijuana charges, Lottery Post, July 27, 2015.)
Shortly after his arrest, he was released from jail on a $6 million bond.
(See NC lottery winner spent $9M bailing out convict fiancé, Lottery Post, Aug. 15, 2015.)
Holmes, who at the time of her lottery claim planned to use the winnings to open college funds for her four children, as well as buy a new house, is unfortunately heading down the same life path as numerous other big winners who did not successfully manage their windfall.
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Hot Sauce is in Hot water!, Lose this guy and be better off.
just think how much you can save leaving the bum in jail?
Every criminal out there has to be so jealous of this guy, he has a permanent get out of jail free card!
Effing losers should not win the lottery, they only make lawyers and the government richer.
9 million in bail money this year to date! Hasnt had her winnings for a year yet and has spent 10%+ on bail money alone. At this rate will be broke in less than 5 years.
Marie Holmes gave 10% to her Church. Where are they now? She mentioned in a previous post that she loved her Grandmother. What would her Grandmother say to her now? Is there anyone helping her today?
Remember, if a person is arrested again while out on bail the bail money is forfeited! Additionally, if he doesn't show up for a court appearance the money is forfeited also. Seems it won't be a permanent get out of jail free card because the money she is spending on bail will be gone! Ironically the patch on the shirt in the picture says it all!!
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Hot Sauce's new nickname should be changed to Toxic Waste.
Nothing new here. Just as some gorgeous females are drawn to badboys & the gangster lifestyle,it goes without saying that that circle will not be broken until they Old & Gray only to look back on their earlier choices in life and ask themselves" what the heck was l thinking?" It's "Too little too late" at that point- l am afraid.
soon as the money runs out, he'll be hunting for another to replace her
She should have dropped that guy along time ago. I think she is as low of a person as he is. I give her about 6 years or less and her money will be gone.
There is no way in hell this man has done all this <snip> in just a few months!!!! No one knows anybody that has been arrested three times in one year! They want that girls lottery winnings so they keep arresting her man and they know she's going to bail him out. Hot sauce should get his life together and they should move! This is all a ploy to make us look bad and leave her broke!
"You Can't Fix Stupid." - Ron White.
I AGREE WITH U
While we may think she's stupid we have no clue as to what is not being reported! I actually feel like the city is being predatory! He seems to had been working when she won! So was he still trafficking drugs or was he on probation for it, who knows how long before? If he felt like he needed a weapon, in most likely his home, who knows maybe he's being threatened and want to protect his family, what are the stipulation behind having a gun for a felon in their home? Somebody is jealous in all this, look at the bail amount, mass murderers get less! They should leave that town, you never know whats really going on!
SavageGoose,
Those are some kind of stats in your message signature. WOW !
I say good luck to you.
Actually, my own stats, had I kept track, would be similar and that's just this year.
And remember, when she came home from the lotto office, she had
88 Million Cash !
I have yet to earn .8 million, working, let alone to have blown 9 million on nothing.
It's all in the choices one makes.
Better to "stay poor", than to be ripped open.
No, he had been in jail for almost 4 months by the time she won the jackpot. He was arrested in November 2014, and she won at the end of February 2015. That is included in the news story if you check it out.
A more reasonable explanation for this whole thing is that the guy ("Hot Sauce") was/is a criminal, and she has the bad judgement to stay with him. And she has four kids too, so she also has the bad judgement to keep her kids with the criminal.
Once she had $88 million in "FU" money, she should have straightened her life out and started from scratch. Just my opinion.
" There is nothing so intolerable as a fortunate fool."
Yeah I'd venture to say she makes lottery winners look bad like David Lee Edwards did.
At least he moved on up to a nice neighborhood. I heard she still lives in a trailer or something like that...wth? Maybe that's better anyway because of Hot Sauce. If she had a nice house & there was a drug raid the government could take it away.
He was in jail for distribution of heroin since November 2014. She bailed him out after she won. He violated curfew so that bail was revoked and he got a second bail. Now he is being charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. She bailed him out again.
Todd thank you for your reply, I went to read about his arrest in November, his bail was high then! He presumably is a career criminal! I totally agree that scratch and her should have met, and I pray they do meet before the money runs out! However all eyes are on him to mess up, as if he is Al Capone! Like the saying goes "A fool and their money are soon departed!"??
Drop the Zero......and Get a Hero !!!....Kick that Dawg to the Curb !!! and you are right...She should MOVE !!! Beau
The way she is going she is going to lose all her money by next year she should of started a new beginning for her and her children and give them a better future instead of exposing them to drugs,guns and violence all because of a man who can't learn to straighten out his bad ways. Hot sauce is a bad influence for her children and for her, love hurts and leaving a partner is hard but her children should be her main priority now.
She'll be broke with in the next 3 to 5 years.She not controlling the money the money is controlling her.
I agree, this is gonna get ugly fast. We have not heard the last of the bad/ugly/sad story's about her.
Lol
Yeah they're being predatory...Was he moving keys of herion? Is he a kingpin? The amount of bail in this case is ridiculous. I'm not saying hot slop doesn't belong in jail but I haven't heard of bail that high in premeditated murder in our state
convicted felons more oft then not have their 2nd amendment priveldges revoked. This fellow may have broken that stature by carrying or housing a weapon .
This lady is pouring gas on an already inflamed criminal matter, by bailing him out.
Bottom line is money cannot buy good character or sound judgment.
This woman is as dumb as a box of rocks, I called it when she won the lottery and it just continues. She is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If she has any money left after 5 years it will be a miracle, she's going to make Mike Tyson look like a financial genius.
the state gave it and the state is getting it all back smh
it could all end for her, she could spend $1 mill on getting a witness protection style shift to another state, and leave the bum in jail. move never contact anyone form her old life, life in a gated community/ drive a lexus, stay off the drugs and alcohol, and enjoy the wealth and watch her kids grow up in a healthy environment. live off the interest and pay your taxes. its all there. only she has to take the leap into freedom. leave it all behind you can afford it.
You can't put brains in statues!
No way? Way! From this article: McDow faces charges of possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
That was when the cops arrested him for violating the terms of his bond. His original arrest was for drug trafficking. This arrest was for possession of a firearm. While I can't recall the particulars, it seems like the pistol was registered to someone else but his prints were on it, hence the "possession" charge. I'm sure he and his lawyer were informed of the possibility of other charges being filed in the future and since he turned himself in, I'm sure he was expecting this. (or at least his lawyer had advised him; it's apparent his client is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
While it might seem the police have a vendetta against him, a grand jury is responsible for the indictment. A jury is supposed to be made up of one's peers, but I doubt there were any human stain heroin dealers on the panel. The GJ is simply doing their duty and bringing charges, good for them!
Yes, she should move, but since he's a felon pending trial, I'm sure there's a limit as to just where he can move. I'm betting his next move will be to one of these places.
She's a lovely young woman, who has millions of dollars in the bank. She doesn't need this drug dealing leech; she should just dump his drug riddled butt & move on to someone who can actually hold down a legal job...
Fortunate fools tend to squander their good luck and end up back at square one.
Hot Sauce and Hood Rat..........a true love story.
These r the consequences of dating a thug.
Shes better off by herself for now so she can raise her kids and focus on their well being .Its kind of hard to feel sorry for her when she is blowing this great blessing up in smoke running behind a no good thug Lamar McDow .If she becomes destitute again it is probaly for her own good.Shes turning her blessing into a curse.She continues to make unwise decisions and im sure this will not be the last time we here about Marie Holmes and Lamar McDow.
I hope they don't live together, & he get out again, then arrested with more drug and ect in her home, with her children their. Wow she would stand to lose more than her winnings. She could lose her Children. Lady "Let this guy go, he don't mean you no good at all". You could stand to lose your Children, which means alot more than your money. LET HIM GO.
Let him relax in Jail, he get 3 times meals/daily, he would not deserve better out of prison.
Tell te girl lt breakup and find another man in her life, she will be lot better of without him in her life
3 times in a year is impossible?
I know people that have been arrested 3 times in 2 days.
Some people are to stupid to stay outta jail.
Heroin, guns and violations of parole are a good start if you want to
Be picked up by the cops. She's an idiot too to drop 9 mil on a guy
Who will put her money in jeopardy like that. If she was smart
She'd be the one to bail on that loser.
What a <snip> shame this is! love is blind! why don't she start thinking about her kids and their future. She should forget about that bum and leave him. So much money,she could move away and change her identity, live life to the fullest! If it had of been me, that won that much money, you would never hear from me again! Like I said! What a shame this is! I only pray and hope she will realize the problem, before it's to late for all of them!
Someone want to explain to me how this guy keeps violating the terms of his release but instead of just putting him in jail, where all other violators go, they just keep on increasing how much his bond is set at? Who gets a $3M/$6M bond? What were his bonds before this?
Fine, he's in a relationship with a multi-millionaire, so they might have a point setting the bail high...initially. But then he got arrested AGAIN. Why was he not put in jail? No bond. It's as if they said, "we know he's going to commit another crime, so let's make some money while we're at it."
As for her, I'll reserve further judgment on her level of idiocy until I see whether or not she pays to bond him out of this latest situation. You'd think that since she got arrested with him the last time she would have told him to shape up or ship out. Obviously the cops are keeping an extra close watch on both of them, how stupid can a person be to keep doing things they KNOW will get them arrested. She's a beautiful woman who apparently thinks she owes this guy something. With her sporadic employment and 4 kids, I'm betting he was the one supporting them. But at this $6 million (or $600,000) mark, I'd say that debt has been paid in full. She needs to get out of the trailer park, move somewhere safe for her kids' sake, and use what sense the Lord gave her to turn herself around.
So many people need financial help in a bad way and she took this miracle and is just wasting it. It's a hard thing to witness.
Your right .im surprized children services has not stepped in and remove the children from the home because she continues to expose her children to a convicted felon with drug charges.Certainkly not a positive enviroment to raise children in .Maybe Marie Holmes mother ould step up and take them until Marie gets her self together .
That was worth a thousand words @ rochanda12
Now I have been called everything under the sun. Wasnt aware that by living in NC, I am automatically a BIGOT. please, no name calling. We should all be adults here....
nearly every forum I've been a member of,
its been more like a room full of children that are old enough to know better
(sigh)
My biggest fear is some of these druggies will bust in, shoot and kill her kids and probably her too. Not like she can easily hide with them thugs running rampant, IMO. I believe if this came to be, it would be first time lottery winner killed due to the actions of someone else. No,poor Jeffrey buried in concrete in Florida hasn't been forgotten, his circumstances were much different though.
She did move out of the trailer park and into a decent modest house in a safe neighborhood, but she brought her troubles and dirt with her. Doesn't matter whether she lives in a mansion or trailer, they are going to keep a close eye no matter what as long as she continues living in that State/City.
And my profession isn't in law but I thought when you violate your bond you get locked up and the bond is forfeited. At least that's been the situation with the few people I know who got in trouble with the law for something much minor.
And she probably can't leave him without him retaliating. Drug dealers will make your life a living hell and possibly end it if you betray them.
Please find a corner to grow up in.
I wasn't calling you or the entire State a bigot. If I've offended you I'm sorry, but get thicker skin. I don't mince my words for calling out the lunacy in NC and what's happening with Marie Holmes, though she isn't totally innocent and I feel she brought a lot of this on her self. We are all grown and we are all entitled to our own opinion so please let me express mine freely like everyone has and please stop being the PC police.
just by living in NC doesn't mean we're bigots but we sure do have more than our fair share.
When I hear stories like this I just want to cringe! when Holmes first won we were all excited for her especially when we found out that she had children and one was disabled...but to hear that she is involved with a dude like this and bailing him out of jail it is sad.some people never change and sadly I do not feel that Holmes will do anything god with her new found wealth except spend it all on very very bad decisions.
thanks bajan-luv
Please find a rock to crawl back under.
I wasn't calling you or the entire State a bigot.
Liar. You said this in an earlier post:
North Carolina is clearly known for being a bunch of bigots, no surprise here.
Stereotyping is a form of bigotry.