BUFFALO, N.Y. — We've probably all dreamed of this happening to us someday.
And for a retired Buffalo police officer, it did when the Publisher's Clearing House prize patrol showed up at his door.
Cedric Littlejohn was not home when the prize patrol got to his door.
His daughter phoned him, and tried to keep the secret while luring him back by telling him him a package had arrived requiring his signature.
He came back to be greeted by the prize patrol, bearing a ceremonial check for $1 million.
According to Littlejohn, he had to leave the Buffalo Police Department when he suffered a stroke and now lives on disability.
It is also true, however, that at the time of his departure he had been accused of two violent off duty incidents.
In 2013 a man accused Littlejohn of punching him outside a nightclub where Littlejohn worked as a bouncer, and in 2016 Littlejohn was accused by another man of assault for a "road rage" incident. One of the incidents resulted in a lawsuit against the city.
Littlejohn says he plans to donate a portion of his prize to his church, which is building a new chapel.
The prize patrol has been busy in Western New York as of late, having surprised Miriam Rodriguez from Gasport with a $10,000 prize just last week.
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