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They won $500,000 in the lottery. Then they went to jail for burglary

The Michigan couple is suspected of five burglaries in two months.

Credit: Bay County Sheriff's Office via AP

This undated photo provided by the Bay County Sheriff's office in Michigan shows Stephanie Harvell and Mitchell Arnswald

BAY CITY, Michigan — A Michigan couple who won $500,000 on a state lottery scratch-off ticket in 2016 has been charged in a string of burglaries.

MLive.com reports that 29-year-old Mitchell Arnswald and 28-year-old Stephanie Harvell were arraigned Friday on home invasion and possession of burglary tools charges. They are each being held on $50,000 cash bonds.

They were arrested Thursday following a burglary in Merritt Township, about 110 miles northwest of Detroit. Bay County Sheriff Troy Cunningham says the couple is suspected in burglaries in five counties spanning two months.

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Court records show neither has an attorney.

Harvell said in a 2016 Michigan Lottery news release that she and her husband were living paycheck to paycheck before she bought the winning $5 "Hot Ticket" from a Bay City gas station.