Johnny Bobbitt

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — The third and final defendant in the GoFundMe scam is facing a six-count indictment in Burlington County, where he is accused of taking part in a scheme to garner more than $400,000 in online donations a year and a half ago. Mark D’Amico, 39, of Florence, was...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — The woman at the heart of the GoFundMe scam has pleaded guilty to state charges. Katelyn McClure admitted her role in concocting a feel-good story about homeless vet Johnny Bobbitt, who gave his last $20 to buy her gas on I-95. The heartwarming fib in 2017...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — Johnny Bobbitt, the homeless man who admitted to taking part in a GoFundMe scam that raised $400,000 from roughly 14,000 strangers, has been sentenced to five years probation and long-term drug treatment. He must also testify against his two co-defendants, if the...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — It's sentencing day for the homeless man who admitted he took part in a GoFundMe scam that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Johnny Bobbitt will be in a Mount Holly courtroom this morning before Judge Christopher Garrenger for his formal sentencing. Bobbitt...

MOUNT HOLLY, NJ (KYW Newsradio) - GoFundMe hoax defendant Johnny Bobbitt admitted to his role in the scheme to bilk 14,000 people out of more than $400,000 for the second time this week, this time in Burlington County, as a condition to enter a drug court program. Bobbitt was questioned at length...

CAMDEN, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — Two of the three people involved in last year's GoFundMe hoax have pleaded guilty to federal charges. Homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, 36, and the woman he claimed to have helped with his last $20, Kate McClure, have entered guilty pleas in Camden federal court...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — The homeless veteran accused of conspiring with a South Jersey couple on a GoFundMe scam is in jail in Burlington County. Johnny Bobbitt was transferred Monday from Philadelphia to Mount Holly, where he faced a Superior Court judge. The prosecutor's office says...

UPDATED: 2:25 p.m. ___ MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — One of the suspects in last year’s GoFundMe scandal in Burlington County, who failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing, has been found Wednesday after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt did not...

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — Where is Johnny Bobbit? The homeless veteran accussed of taking part in a $400,000 GoFundMe scam is wanted for missing his court date Tuesday in Burlington County. READ: Police say fundraiser for homeless man was scam. Now GoFundMe has refunded the money A...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — A Burlington County judge has allowed GoFundMe scheme defendant Johnny Bobbitt to be released as his case plays out. Bobbitt has been charged, along with Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, of running a scam that netted some $400,000 in donations, all of which is gone...