<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1u9Mga_0vgsXANz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1u9Mga_0vgsXANz00" width="756" height="425" ><figcaption>Photo credit: WBAL-TV 11</figcaption></figure>A trial is set to begin Tuesday for the mother charged with stealing thousands of dollars from her son’s foundation after he was killed in a hit-and-run on the Eastern Shore.Tiffany Knupp was charged with stealing more than 12,000 from the Gavin Knupp Foundation and an Eastern Shore business that held a fundraiser for her late son Gavin Knupp. The driver of the fleeing vehicle in the hit-and-run was later arrested and will face trial next year.“Tiffany mishandled money and misrepresented the board by promising that the foundation would match the funds raised by Shaka Pool Bar for Carter Figgs. However, she deducted her own expenses and only gave partial payment to the Figgs family,” wrote Sgt. J. Pruitt with the Maryland State Police in court papers obtained by WBAL.The documents also claim that Knupp used funds from the foundation to pay her personal attorney, partly for services in her divorce and a child support case.“These are just bogus charges,” said Thomas Maronick Jr., Knupp’s attorney in June when Knupp was charged. “They’re something that we will defend vigorously in court. She didn’t embezzle anything. She didn’t do anything she wasn’t allowed to do. We’re not going to get into the specifics of our defense right now, because that’s what a courtroom is for.”Maronick said he thinks the allegations have a connection to her relationship with her ex-husband.WBAL-TV 11 contributed to this report.Stay connected with the most up-to-date coverage of the stories that matter. Tune in to WBAL NewsRadio for real-time updates and in-depth analysis. Listen at 1090AM, FM 101.5, wbal.com, or through the WBAL NewsRadio app. Stay informed, stay ahead.</div></body>

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Gavin Knupp’s mother to face trial for theft of funds from late son’s foundation

A trial is set to begin Tuesday for the mother charged with stealing thousands of dollars from her son’s foundation after he was killed in a hit-and-run on the Eastern Shore. Tiffany Knupp was charged with stealing more than 12,000 from the Gavin Knupp Foundation and an Eastern Shore...