New Jersey couple, homeless man charged with theft after raising more than $400,000 with a false tale of hardship and kindness, officials say
(LA Times Kings)

A feel-good tale of a homeless man using his last $20 to help a stranded New Jersey woman buy gas was a lie, manufactured to get strangers to donate to help the down-and-out good Samaritan, a prosecutor said Thursday. Burlington County prosecutor Scott Coffina announced criminal charges against...