Thursday, December 11, 2014

The kettle thief

In Gulfport, Mississippi police are looking for a thief that pushed a salvation army bell ringer that was working her post at a grocery store, and ran off with the kettle.  Micelle Pope was the bell ringer that was volunteering to make money for the Salvation Army.  The money that people generously drop in the little kettles goes to help out families for the Holidays and also to buy Christmas gifts for children.  Salvation Army Maj. Gary Sturdivant says that each kettle station makes about $150-$300 each shift.  In his thirty years he has never had this problem before.  Police are looking for the thief now, they have video of the person that is responsible.  I'm sure the police will find this man and will be thrown in jail for what he has done.

1 comment:

  1. What store was the kettle station at? Was it in a bad neighborhood? What preventative measures could they take to stop this?

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