Huntersville man charged with cashing stolen SC lottery tix

A Huntersville man was charged on Tuesday with cashing in stolen South Carolina lottery tickets worth a total of $468.

Galen Gene Shanks, 41, cashed in tickets worth between $18 and $200 at nine different convenience stores in Richland or Kershaw County on November 23, 2015, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a news release.

The lottery tickets were stolen from a Marlboro County convenience store earlier on the same day, SLED said.

If convicted, Shanks could face up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $50,000 on each count, SLED said.

Shanks was being held at the Alvin S. Glen Detention Center Tuesday afternoon.

This story was originally published January 13, 2016 at 6:16 AM with the headline "Huntersville man charged with cashing stolen SC lottery tix."