The homeless man at the center of a GoFundMe campaign last year that raised $400,000 for him but has since become mired in controversy, civil lawsuits and possible criminal charges was arrested in Philadelphia last night.
Johnny Bobbitt Jr., 35, was taken into custody on Shackamaxon Street in the Fishtown neighborhood and “considered a fugitive of justice from Burlington County relating to the GoFundMe incident,” Philadelphia police said in an email.
NBC10 first reported that Bobbitt and a New Jersey couple, Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, would all face criminal charges of conspiracy and theft by deception on Thursday for the GoFundMe campaign that began in 2017.
A complaint obtained by NBC10 alleges that the three conspired with one another to make up a false story in order to raise more than $400,000.