Mack Wayne Metcalf

        BURLINGTON — Mack Wayne Metcalf, Northern Kentucky's most infamous millionaire, will wake up before the crack of dawn this weekend and stare at a jail cell ceiling — one of the consequences of pleading guilty Thursday to a DUI charge.

        Mr. Metcalf, 42, of Independence, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for a hit-and-run crash that happened in June, a month before he won a $65.4 million Powerball lottery. Police said he was driving without a license and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.265 — more than three times the legal limit — when he drove his car several times into a parked vehicle in a mall parking lot.

        Mr. Metcalf will serve only four days in jail because 26 days were conditionally discharged. His license was suspended and, within 10 days, he must report to Kentucky Alternative Programs for an alcohol evaluation. He then will have to choose a treatment program.

        “It was in everyone's best interest,” said Mr. Metcalf's attorney, Ken Rylee of Florence, refusing further comment.

        The guilty plea follows a list of misfortunes for one of Northern Kentucky's most fortunate.

        Since winning, Mr. Metcalf, a former forklift operator, has been cited for public intoxication and filed a civil lawsuit in Kenton Circuit Court to reclaim $500,000 that he says he gave to a former live-in girlfriend while drunk.

        Kenton Circuit Judge Patricia Summe also has demanded that he place $880,000 in an escrow account for his teen-age daughter's child support. Mr. Metcalf owed $31,000 in back child support before he struck it rich.

        Boone County Jailer John Schickel guaranteed that when Mr. Metcalf reports to the Boone County Jail at 6 p.m. today, he will be treated no differently than the other inmates.

        “Unless he wants to give me a million ..., then I'll consider it,” he said with a laugh.

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