REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, EAST STROUDSBURG - Jim Tully's hours-long walks to and from work in the Pocono Mountains, where he has been repeatedly stopped by police in a case of mistaken identity in the manhunt for a Pennsylvania cop killer, may be coming to an end.

News of the factory worker's run-ins with authorities searching for fugitive Eric Frein, wanted in the Sept. 12 shooting death of one state trooper and wounding of another, has sparked a crowdfunding campaign to buy him a car. Donations are pouring in and by Friday the campaign had raised nearly 16,000 USD, more than six times the original goal of 2,500 USD.

"I'm overwhelmed with the support from the community and the area," Tully said in a telephone interview on Friday.

Tully ( 39 years) who says friends tell him he looks like Frein from a distance, said he had been stopped by police at least 20 times on his 4-hour long walks to and from his job at a thermal products factory.