Co-founder says $70,000 in donations has vanished from Newtown charity
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dec. 16, 2012: A churchgoer enters a service at at St John's Episcopal Church, in Newtown, Conn. (AP)
The co-founder of a charity formed in the wake of the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School says her organization has been unable to account for more than $70,000.
Ryan Graney, of Nashville, Tenn., tells The Associated Press that only $30,000 of the $103,000 taken in by the 26.4.26 Foundation was used for the organization's purpose. That money was presented last year by co-founder Robbie Bruce to NYA, a nonprofit youth sports center in Newtown.
Graney says she filed reports about the missing money with the FBI and local officials after Bruce was unable to explain where it went.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bruce, an endurance athlete, did not return repeated telephone messages. He lives in a gated apartment complex in Nashville, Tenn., and attempts to reach him there also failed.