Powerball winner child support. Just 2 days after discovering that he won the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history, Pedro Quezada has attracted the attention of the Passaic County Sheriff's Department, which says he owes about $29,000 in unpaid child support, according to reports.
NorthJersey.com reported today that officers stopped by the 44-year-old's apartment this afternoon in connection with a warrant that is several years old.
"Because of Mr. Quezada's large winnings, generally the New Jersey Division of Lottery would satisfy the judgment before all of the winnings are released," Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said in an e-mail to NorthJersey.com. "Like everyone else, until this warrant is satisfied, Mr. Quezada, is subject to potential arrest."
The Dominican immigrant and father of five claimed his $338 million Powerball jackpot prize Tuesday.
At a press conference Tuesday at the New Jersey lottery headquarters in Lawrenceville, Quezada said he will stop working at his store, Apple Deli Grocery in Passaic. But he was reluctant to speak about past financial difficulties.
However, public records show he purchased a two-family house in Passaic in 2006 for $273,000 that was foreclosed and sold at a Sheriff’s sale three years later.
In addition, Quezada’s small bodega was severely damaged in May 2009 when a fire that started in an alley gutted the store and two upstairs apartments in a three-alarm fire, officials said.
Quezada purchased his winning ticket — with numbers 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31 — at Eagle Liquors in Passaic. His was the only winning ticket in the multistate lottery.
NorthJersey.com reported today that officers stopped by the 44-year-old's apartment this afternoon in connection with a warrant that is several years old.
"Because of Mr. Quezada's large winnings, generally the New Jersey Division of Lottery would satisfy the judgment before all of the winnings are released," Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said in an e-mail to NorthJersey.com. "Like everyone else, until this warrant is satisfied, Mr. Quezada, is subject to potential arrest."
The Dominican immigrant and father of five claimed his $338 million Powerball jackpot prize Tuesday.
At a press conference Tuesday at the New Jersey lottery headquarters in Lawrenceville, Quezada said he will stop working at his store, Apple Deli Grocery in Passaic. But he was reluctant to speak about past financial difficulties.
However, public records show he purchased a two-family house in Passaic in 2006 for $273,000 that was foreclosed and sold at a Sheriff’s sale three years later.
In addition, Quezada’s small bodega was severely damaged in May 2009 when a fire that started in an alley gutted the store and two upstairs apartments in a three-alarm fire, officials said.
Quezada purchased his winning ticket — with numbers 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31 — at Eagle Liquors in Passaic. His was the only winning ticket in the multistate lottery.