Police in New Jersey raided the home of a couple who raised $400,000 in online donations for a homeless man but are now accused of pocketing most of the proceeds.
The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the Florence Township Police executed a search warrant on the Florence, New Jersey, home of Katelyn McClure and Mark D’Amico, hauling away boxes and bags of evidence as well as a new BMW, according to local media.
The story has attracted national and even international attention. It begins last October, when McClure ran out of gas on a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. A homeless man, John Bobbitt, approached her and offered to help – walking to a gas station and spending his last $20 to buy gas so McClure could get home to New Jersey.
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