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| Amanda Clayton holds her $1 million lottery check. Courtesy Michigan Lottery via Detroit News |
By NBC News staff and wire services
Drug overdose may have killed woman who won $1 million in lottery but kept getting welfare
ECORSE,
Mich. -- A drug overdose may have killed Amanda Clayton, a Detroit-area
woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but kept collecting welfare
benefits, police said Saturday.
Ecorse
police Sgt. Cornelius Herring said Clayton, 25, of Lincoln Park was
found dead about 9 a.m. Saturday at a home, The Associated Press said.
Ecorse is southwest of Detroit.
In April, prosecutors accused Clayton of collecting $5,475 in food
and medical benefits from August 2011 through March that she would not
have received had she reported the lottery winnings and income from a
job she held from June through October 2011. In June, she pleaded no
contest to fraud and was sentenced to nine months' probation in July.
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Her attorney has said Clayton repaid about $5,500, the AP reported.
"It's
simply common sense that million-dollar lottery winners forfeit their
right to public assistance," Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette
said in a statement.
Watch US News videos on NBCNews.comIn April, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a law requiring lottery officials to tell Human Services about new winners, the AP said.
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