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A woman was recently arrested for stealing thousands of lottery tickets from the convenience store where she worked, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
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Justice Olyvia Perrin Boyd, a 31-year-old Conway resident, was arrested Sept. 11, SLED said in a news release.
Perrin Boyd was charged with attempt to influence game by coercion, tampering, deception, according to the release. She also was charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent (value $5,000 or more), jail records show.
The charge stems from a crime committed between June 3 and 26, when Perrin Boyd worked at the Refuel gas station/convenience store, an arrest warrant shows. That’s 6297 S.C. 90 in Conway.
Perrin Boyd fraudulently acquired 2,229 scratch-off lottery tickets from Refuel, according to the arrest warrant. The tickets had a cash prize value of $8,691, the arrest warrant shows.
Surveillance footage showed Perrin Boyd “taking the tickets and concealing them or giving them to multiple individuals, all without payment,” the arrest warrant said.
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Perrin Boyd was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County, according to SLED. She was released the same day, jail records show. Her bond was set at $7,500 combined on the two charges, according to Horry County court records.
The 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office will prosecute Perrin Boyd, according to SLED. She’s scheduled to return to court Dec. 11 on the charges, judicial records show.
If convicted on the felony tampering charge Boyd faces a maximum punishment of 5 years in prison and a $50,000 fine, according to South Carolina law. A conviction on the felony breach of trust charge could mean a maximum punishment of 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The SLED investigation was requested by the South Carolina Education Lottery.
This is not the first time that Perrin Boyd was charged with a financial crime.
In 2023, she pleaded guilty to financial transaction card fraud (value $500), court record show.
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