The crowdfunding effort to raise money for the former Marine charged with second-degree murder in the death of homeless schizophrenic Jordan Neely has surpassed $1 million.
The fund was set up by Daniel Penny’s attorneys. The blurb for the fundraising drive says that the money will be used to pay for 24-year-old Long Island native’s legal fees and for ‘any future civil lawsuits that may arise, as well as expenses related to his defense.’
The fundraising platform being used is named GiveSendGo and until now was better known for being used by those charged with participating in the January 6th Capitol riot.
The page hit the one million mark in the hours after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tweeted a link to the page. On Friday, Penny, 24, was freed pending trial hours after turning himself in at a police precinct and appearing in court to answer criminal charges. He did not enter a plea.
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Bail bondsman Ira Judelson told DailyMail.com Penny was ‘very quiet and nervous’ and was ‘respectful’ as he was arrested and arraigned.
Daniel Penny, 24, handed himself into the NYPD’s 5th Precinct this morning. He will go to court shortly to be arraigned on a second degree manslaughter charge which carries a sentence of up to 15 years. He is pictured with his attorney
