Did I Steal From the Passenger? The RV Accident Debit Card Timeline

A receipt-by-receipt account of every dollar spent on the passenger's card after the July 19, 2025 crash — and what happened when I told her.

Aug 4, 2025 · Updated Aug 13, 2025

On July 20th and 21st of 2025, I used a debit card that did not belong to me, without the person's knowledge. The debit card belonged to the passenger in the RV with me. This is my accounting of what I spent the passenger's money on, why I did it, and any defense of the actions. For reference, July 20th was the morning after the accident, which occurred in the evening on July 19th, 2025.

The Breakdown

I paid for two hotel rooms, two shuttle rides, and a confirmed Walmart trip. In total, the charges were $771.97 USD. Without context, this is stealing, and I understand that. With context, here is why I spent that money, why I did it, and what I did when I saw the passenger on the 21st of July.

[Screenshot: Debit card charges, July 20, 21 and 22nd, , 2025, posted by the passenger, publicly on TikTok ]

July 20th — Second Unauthorized Purchase — Unique Shuttle. $150 A 100-mile one-way trip from Clovis, New Mexico to Lubbock, Texas. It was a Sunday. There was no bus, and they do not have Uber or Lyft.

July 20th — Third Unauthorized Purchase — La Quinta Inn. $82.80 Checked into a hotel about a mile from the hospital where the passenger was flown to. I used my own card at checkout and did not realize they had billed the initial check-in to the passenger's card.

July 20th — Fourth Unauthorized Purchase — Walmart. $20.57 I bought a charger and a cord.

July 20th — Fifth Unauthorized Purchase — Walmart. $115.12 I bought dog bowls, dog food, dog snacks, poop bags, a dog toy, and a few days of food for myself. I want to say I may have bought a new t-shirt, some underwear, and a pair of shorts, since at the time I had no clothes. I do not recall the exact details of everything here, since I gave both receipts to the passenger.

July 22nd — Sixth Unauthorized Purchase — Unique Shuttle. $200 Shuttle ride from Lubbock, Texas back to Clovis, New Mexico to collect my belongings from the accident.

Context

After the RV accident, I did not spend any time looking for anything of mine. In fact, before the passenger was flown out, I found her phone and gave it to her. I then found her wallet, her passport, her medication, and any spare clothes of hers I could find.

When I left, I had my workout shoes, my iPad, and one of the first responders found my license — but I had no cards, no cell phone, no clothes with me, not even my dog at the time.

After being released from the hospital, the Sheriff's department gave me a ride to a hotel they called. At four in the morning, when they dropped me off, I foolishly thought it was going to be free. I was surprised when the attendant told me to ring up my card. I had none — just me, my dog, and my iPad. But I had the passenger's wallet, and after a delayed response, I reached in and paid for the hotel room.

Needing to get to Lubbock, Texas, I was told the only option was a shuttle — regular people using their own cars and charging for rides. There were three numbers the front attendant gave me. I picked the cheapest one, Unique Shuttle, and called from the hotel. The next morning the shuttle arrived, picked me up, and took me to Lubbock, over 100 miles away. He was not going to give me a free ride, so I used the passenger's card again.

There were around $50 in long distance charges on my hotel bill. I did not know people still got charged for long distance calls. But the calls were to every hospital within a three-hour drive, trying to find the passenger, to the shuttle services, and to hotels near the hospital where she ended up. A few calls were to a friend who was helping me try to find her as well. Once I knew where she was, I chose the closest and cheapest hotel to the hospital and had the shuttle driver drop me off there. When checking in, I explained my situation and they let me check in. I swiped her card to hold the room and thought the final bill would just go on my card. If you look at the receipt from La Quinta, you'll see a total of $910 — all but $82.80 was put on my own card. This stay was for eleven days. Lodging was not cheap for me to stay nearby, so I later switched to a hotel that was a 45-minute bike ride away, and her card was not used for that.

The Walmart Trip

Now I had no food, and my iPad was running out of battery. That is when I walked to Walmart to purchase the items listed above. I do not recall the exact distance, but it was over three to five miles in the blistering Texas heat. I bring this up because I could have used her card to call a local taxi or the shuttle, but I chose to walk, spending only on what I needed.

Telling the Passenger

On the 21st, I went to the hospital to see the passenger. She was heavily medicated, and they did not allow me to stay long, saying I could return the next day. I had brought her items with me, but felt it was not the best time to tell her I had used her card.

Later that day I was told I could go to the RV to collect some of my belongings, and I hoped I would find my phone and my cards, or I would have to figure out other options. Both were a huge priority, so I paid for another shuttle ride with Unique Shuttle from Lubbock back to Clovis.

On the 22nd of July, I saw the RV accident site in daylight. The man operating the junkyard was also the man who had towed it in. Buried in the floor of the cabin near the passenger side was my phone, and over the course of the next five hours I found my American Express and one of my debit cards — no other cards, but these were enough. I also found my passport, a few legal documents, and collected what I could of my things. Most everything was doused in gasoline, ruined by other fluids, or just damaged.

Why This Is Public Now

This is important for me to make public because of three people: the owner of the RV, Tracy Klinkroth and Gary Buckley Woolever. They have told people that while the passenger was in the hospital, I used her card without permission and went on a shopping spree, renting cars and hotel rooms. Now, the passenger originally coordinated with Tracy Klinkroth and Gary Buckley Woolever to make these accusations months after the accident, but Tracy Klinkroth reignited these accusations, so, everything will be addressed in defense against Tracy Klinkroth.

This is true. While she was in the hospital right after the accident, I used her card as described above, and on the 22nd of July, when I went back to the hospital, I told her all of this as I gave her back her wallet, her passport, and everything I had collected for her the night of the accident. I even handed her the two initial Walmart receipts for her records. She told me it was fine and said she was just happy I was safe, and thanked me for saving her and being there.

To hear later that she claims she never knew any of this is not the truth, and I will do my best to prove it, so that my name is cleared. Not to attack her — I would rather not be in her life in any capacity, and I genuinely think she has been through a lot, regardless of how she has treated me since. But the statements were made publicly, privately, and social attacks were coordinated by these three people, so I need the record public for my own protection.

My Defense

Do I have a defense for using the passenger's card without asking permission? I believe so, but if not. I have always been wiling to be judged off of the honest, and full facts. Not, a partial truth like what is being told. I know what I did was inherently wrong, using a debit card without someones immediate permission. But my intent was not for the wrong reasons and I did not do it for me. I did it for someone I thought was a friend and needed me to get to her as auickly as possible. And with an Ipad I could not call out on, my dog in tow and the help of one person making calls with me, we found her. And even though I had just had a head on collision with a semi hours earlier, I got into a car and got myself there, secured a place for my dog and walked into the hospital to support her for the next 30 days. Not hiding ever, that I used her card and stand by the fact she told me it was ok and I believed her.

The French Police Report

One other thing to note: I took this same information to the French authorities. I will speak more on this separately, but I walked into a French police station with their accusations and every receipt, and told them I would face charges in France if needed.

I went in for two reasons — one was to address these accusations head-on. After reviewing everything, going over my statement, the images, and the screenshots from the passenger and Tracy Klinkroth accusing me of theft, they not only did not charge me — they advised me to hire an attorney to press criminal charges against the passenger, and I did, which I will address later.

I will include a copy of the French police report — a single page — as proof I went in, and will release the full presentation I created for the police once I finish redacting the passenger's name. It gives an accurate timeline with images as proof of my side.

Why Now

I will keep private what does not need to be revealed, but I will release what's needed so the evidence is out, because a month after landing in France, after fleeing the situation I was in, these people, Tracy Klinkroth, Gary Buckley and even the passenger coordinated a public campaign centered around accusations of theft, telling people publicly that I stole from her and took advantage her. Yet, I sat silent, suffering in their attacks as people sent me death threats, and yes they were verified by the law firm I had to turn to for help during this time. Instead of reacting, I let them publicly lie about me and for the next year I said nothing. But that changed, the second Tracy Klinkroth, started messaging my TikTok followers reinstating her lies as facts. I will defend myself now not as an attack on the passenger, but against Tracy Klinkroth and my stalker, Gary Buckley Woolever, so every accusation they stated as fact will met with my receipts and POV, as well as screenshots of what these people said and did publicly to me last year.

Frequently Asked Questions

Did Andrew use the passenger's debit card without permission? Yes — for $771.97 in hotel, shuttle, and Walmart charges on July 20–22, 2025, while he had no cards, phone, or belongings of his own after the crash.

Did the passenger know about the charges? Yes. Andrew says he told her in person on July 22, 2025, gave her the original receipts, and she said it was fine. Evidence is provided that she gave him her card after the 22nd of July to purchase items online, which require her to access her mobile app, so any charges he mentioned would have been to her knowledge prior to later accusations.

Was Andrew charged with a crime in France? No. He reported the situation to French police himself; they declined to bring charges and instead advised he pursue his own legal action against the passenger.

Why is this information being published now? Andrew states it's a direct response to ongoing public claims by Tracy Klinkroth and Gary Buckley Woolever that he stole from the passenger. July 20th and 21st of 2025, I used this debit card that did not belong to me without the persons knowledge. The debit card belonged to the passenger in the RV with me. This is my accounting of what I spent the passengers money on, why I did it and any defense of the actions. For refernce. July 20th was the following morning after the accident which occurred in the evening on July 19th 2025.

Who is Tracy Klinkroth? Tracy Klinkroth is an event producer from Seattle, a marketing professional and as Andrew states was a friend of 15 years from their time in Seattle. She owned the RV he was renting and states that after her demands to force him to sign a legal document paying for her losses and legal fees, and what he says were texts blaming him for totaling her RV, he stopped talking to her and that is when she started messaging his former business partner, Gary Buckley Woolever.

[Screenshots: Itemized receipts, with digital image of the passengers card, sent to Andrew to purchase items after the 22nd of July, all numbers but the zero have been blacked out to validate purchases on the receipts that were on the Passengers card, Any and all purchases were on Andrews card to show a pattern that once Andrew had his card, he used them, any other purchases after the 22nd were with the full knowledg and permission of the Passenger and will be addressed in further articles