Father, son accused of stealing lottery tickets from store

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A central Florida father and son are accused of stealing $300 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets.

Volusia County Sheriff’s investigators say 54-year-old Robert Carbonell and 28-year-old Robert Carbonell Jr. were caught Saturday after surveillance video captured the father coming back to the convenience store to cash in a $90 winning ticket.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/1PyIDMY ) reports the theft took place Jan. 18 at a Circle K store. A store manager discovered the theft during an inventory of lottery tickets. He reviewed surveillance video and saw that one man distracted a clerk while the other crossed the counter and took the tickets.

A South Daytona police officer familiar with the Carbonells identified them and they were arrested.

Father and son remain in jail. Records don’t indicate whether they have attorneys.

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