A Cleveland man was busted for littering after he dropped a $1 bill on the ground.

John Davis said he stretched his arm out his car window to hand some money to a wheelchair-bound panhandler at a highway exit ramp, reports Fox 8. Davis said he felt for the man, who was holding a sign that read, "Jesus loves you. Please help."

"Obviously he's needing some money or he wouldn't be out there," he told the news outlet.

He rolled up some bills lengthwise and held them out. One of the bills fell to the ground, and the indigent man picked it up.

A short time later, a cop pulled Davis over and ticketed him for the offence of "Throw paper out window," and in parenthesis, "money to panhandler," the report said.

The combined fine and court costs could tally $500, and the would-be good Samaritan told Fox 8 he plans to challenge the ticket in court.