Founder of GoFundMe for Homeless Arrested on Traffic Mandate

The man accused of taking money from a GoFundMe account set up for a homeless veteran was arrested Monday night on an old traffic warrant.

Officials say Mark D & # 039; Amico has been arrested for an outstanding traffic warrant in Burlington City, New Jersey. He is currently detained in the Burlington County Detention Center on a $ 500 bail.

The arrest is not related to the controversy surrounding D'Amico and his girlfriend, Katelyn McClure, who have been accused of stealing more than $ 400,000 through a GoFundMe account for the homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt.

Last year, Bobbitt used $ 20 to help McClure when his car ran out of gas on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. To repay his kindness, McClure and D'Amico launched a GoFundMe page that brought in just over $ 400,000 from 14,000 contributors.

Initially, the fundraising campaign resulted in appearances on national television for Bobbitt and McClure, but it turned into a money dispute, most of which seems to have evaporated. .

Bobbitt's lawyer says in a lawsuit that the couple took most of the money, but the couple denied having committed a wrongdoing. GoFundMe says Bobbitt is going receive what he has to.

The couple's lawyer, Ernest Badway, said in a letter dated Thursday that either could be chargedand that he and his company would no longer represent the couple in the trial.

Badway has asked Superior Court Judge Paula Dow to stay the civil proceedings the same day the authorities raided the couple in Florence, New Jersey. The security forces seized a BMW and other property objects. Badway said in its letter that all the couple's personal and business financial statements, as well as the jewelry and cash, were also seized.

Burlington County Attorney Scott Coffina confirmed last week a criminal investigation into the couple, citing the "huge" public interest in the case, although no charges were laid.

Bobbitt sued the couple for mismanagement of the funds, and Dow had sworn affidavits to determine what had happened to the cash, which, according to the lawyers, has disappeared.

The once beneficent story became desolate, with Bobbitt claiming that the couple used the funds as a "personal piggy bank" to fund a lifestyle he could not afford.

Mr. Amico stated that Bobbitt had spent $ 25,000 in less than two weeks last year on drugs, in addition to paying overdue bills and sending money back. his family. Bobbitt's lawyer said last week that Bobbitt was entering a residential drug treatment program.

The couple also bought a camper from Bobbitt with some of the money and parked it on land owned by the McClure family in New Jersey. But Bobbitt became homeless after Amico told him in June that he had to leave.