UK police have arrested a man accused of scamming people outside UK Hospital.
The University of Kentucky Police Department chief says officers picked up Gary Goodman, 36, at the hospital just hours after LEX 18 featured him in a story Wednesday evening. Dozens of people called the newsroom and posted messages on Facebook saying Goodman duped them out of cash with a similar sob story.
“He seemed like he was in real distress. He told us that…he was talking on his cell phone and said that his mother had passed away after having a heart cath,” Angela Abshear said. “We gave him money because he was saying he didn’t have any money to go home on or anything, and we did feel sorry for him, because it did seem like he was genuine.”
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People have also reported Goodman at hospitals in Madison, Clark, Rockcastle and Montgomery counties.
Police charged Goodman with criminal trespassing.
According to the arrest report, officers warned Goodman to stay away from UK Hospital after he was caught panhandling in 2013.
