AIKEN COUNTY, SC (WACH) — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has charged a Georgia man in connection with a lottery fraud case in Aiken County.
Authorities arrested Harold Dean Pace III, 39, on Saturday after a SLED investigation requested by the SC Education Lottery.
SLED charged Pace with two counts of intent to defraud and counterfeiting game tickets.
Authorities booked Pace into the Aiken County Detention Center and the 2nd Circuit Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case.
Authorities say Pace attempted to cash in a stolen scratch-off lottery ticket in March 2023 at a Sprint grocery store in North Augusta.
Pace was performing pest control services at the business when the note was stolen from the 88 Mart in Clarks Hill, investigators said.
The arrest was based on a police investigation and video evidence, according to SLED.
