Pair Drugged Powerball Winner, Authorities Say
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The manager of a Charleston strip club and his girlfriend were arrested for allegedly drugging a Powerball jackpot winner and stealing $545,000.
Authorities said Jeffrey Caplinger and Misty Arnold drugged Jack Whittaker with an unidentified substance Monday night before Caplinger took the money from Whittaker’s vehicle outside the club, the Pink Pony.
Caplinger, 23, and Arnold, 24, were charged with robbery and face five to 18 years in prison.
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