Wealth and fame came instantly. But lottery winner Curtis Sharp‘s money vanished slowly. After beating 609-million-to-1 odds to win $5 million in 1982, Sharp, an air conditioning technician from ...

When New York lottery winner Lou Eisenberg met Curtis Sharp in 1982, he knew right away they’d be pals. Sharp, a maintenance man from Newark, had just hit the $5 million jackpot — exactly a year after ...

A Greene County judge ordered Curtis Sharp, 25, back in court March 1, after Sharp said he had not yet hired an attorney. He's the accused triggerman in a Jan. 15 hotel melee that injured nine people.

NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - Curtis Sharp Jr. won approximately $5 million in 1982. The Newark, New Jersey native became famous after the win as much as for the prize as for his larger-than-life personality.

Anyone remember Curtis Sharp? A long time ago, Curtis won a $5 million New York Lottery jackpot and he spent the rest of the 1980s sashaying around New York in bespoke suits and bowler hats attracting ...

After next week, the check won’t be in the mail anymore for New York’s best-known lottery winner. Twenty years after he hit the jackpot for $5. 6 million, a last lottery check of $178,000 will be ...

On Thursday, Greene County prosecutors charged Curtis "Cortez" Sharp with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. A witness told police Sharp argued with ...