![]() I encourage you to stand in solidarity with me by running with Maud and / or donating. His family is suffering the loss of their loved one while grappling with the persistent systemic inequities that plague our society. The murder of Ahmaud is documented in a graphic video. I’ll be posting my runs every day to my Instagram until I complete 78 miles. All proceeds will go directly to the Southern Poverty Law Center to honor the life and memory of Maud in solidarity with his family. If you’d like to support me as I run, please donate to my fundraiser. Ahmaud was murdered at age 25 while jogging in his neighborhood in Georgia on February 23rd by two white supremacists - Gregory and Travis McMichael. A message seeking comment was left with his attorney Monday.Beginning May 7th, I’m jogging 5k every day for 25 days until May 31st for Ahmaud Arbery. The federal criminal complaint alleged all of the money raised in the campaign was spent by March 2018, with large chunks spent by McClure and D’Amico on a recreational vehicle, a BMW, and trips to casinos in Las Vegas and New Jersey.ĭ’Amico is scheduled to be sentenced in March. The scam eventually raised more than $400,000 in donations in the space of a month, according to investigators, who said almost no part of the tale was true and that instead, the group met near a Philadelphia casino in October 2017 shortly before they told their story.Īuthorities began investigating after Bobbitt sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money. ![]() Investigators said D’Amico was the plot’s ringleader. D’Amico and McClure solicited donations through GoFundMe, purportedly to help Bobbitt, and conducted newspaper and television interviews. The trio made up a story in late 2017 about Bobbitt giving $20 to help McClure when her car ran out of gas in Philadelphia, according to prosecutors. Both are scheduled to be sentenced on the federal charges in early 2022. Bobbitt was sentenced to five years’ probation on state charges in 2019. previously pleaded guilty to state and federal charges. His former girlfriend, Katelyn McClure, and homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. The 42-year-old man had already pleaded guilty to charges in state court last year. An indictment unsealed in January 2020 charged D’Amico with a total of 16 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. ![]() ![]() District Judge Noel Hillman in Camden to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then used the lie to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations online pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court. ![]()
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