BERLIN, MD – Tiffany Knupp, the mother of fatal hit-and-run victim Gavin Knupp, has been charged with multiple counts of embezzlement and theft in Worcester County.
According to court documents, Tiffany Knupp, of Berlin, was issued a criminal summons Tuesday, June 25th, on 9 charges.
Knupp’s son, Gavin, was killed in a hit-and-run on July 11th, 2022. Tiffany Knupp later launched the Gavin Knupp Foundation, a non-profit organization created to provide scholarship opportunities and provide community support for local youth. In January of 2023, the Foundation announced a scholarship available to two children to attend skateboard and action sports camp Camp Woodward in Pennsylvania.
The Gavin Knupp Foundation’s website displays tracked donations, with the latest update on February 21st, 2023 showing the Foundation had raised over $47,000. The same website claims the Foundation had donated just over $8,000 as of the same date.
According to charging documents acquired by WBOC, Maryland State Police received a report on December 29th, 2023 that Knupp was embezzling from the Foundation. Investigators say that Knupp declared under oath earlier that month that the Foundation had granted her permission to use Foundation funds to pay her personal lawyer in her divorce proceedings.
According to charging documents, the Foundation board told investigators none of the board members had authorized the personal use of the Foundation funds.
Damn….total family tragedy. Sad.
Now she needs money for her billboard attorney.
This is really no surprise. When she made all the fuss with us (Ocean Pines Board) about not naming the park after “her name’, it was obvious it was all about her/them, not Gavin. There are a lot of unanswered questions that a few now have the guts to ask about a shared responsibility that night. Shame it takes something like this to finally come out to bring sunshine to the dark side.
I really hope this isn’t true, but it doesn’t sound good.
Is it possible to convince Gavin Knupp’s Mother to clean up the garbage pile on the side of the road that’s been left for her son?