A Rockcastle County man has been arrested and charged after police say he kept money from donations he said would go to the Brookelyn Farthing Reward Fund.
Randy Gross was arrested Tuesday by the Kentucky State Police, charged with theft.
According to court documents, Gross collected monetary donations from Dec. 4-6 at the NACCO Materials Handling Group factory in Berea, alleging the money would go towards the reward fund for the search for Brookelyn Farthing, a Madison County teen who has been missing since June.
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KSP said Gross admitted to keeping the $263 he collected, during an interview at his Mount Vernon home.
Gross has since been released from jail.
He said in a phone interview Friday he was threatened by a detective, so he admitted to keeping the cash. But says he had every intention on giving the money to the family, and still intends to do so.
