Ohio Salvation Army kettle stolen at knifepoint

Yahoo News ^ | 12 mins ago

[Just4Him]

NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio Salvation Army bell-ringer outside a Kmart store was robbed of his red kettle by four men with a knife.

North Canton police say they don't know how much donated money was in the kettle when it was taken Saturday evening.

[Lazamataz]

Okay, twice in one morning?

You'll be posting "I'd hit it" by nightfall.

[jagusafr]

LOL!

Uh, I mean, “AAUUUUGGGHHH!!!”

[wbill]

The police want information and this is what they post as a description?

LOL! I just listened to a story on the radio on the way into work this morning. Perp was described as "Young male, 18-25, over 6' tall".

Idiot newsreader just described half of the people I work with, along with a goodly portion of those I've seen today. Why bother?

I hate PC-ism. I'll go out on a limb here and assume that if the perp was a white, middle-aged, middle-class male, they'd have listed his clothing, age, weight, SSN, DOB, and last 5 addresses.

[FourPeas]

Great idea.

[rawcatslyentist]

Hope he enjoys his Change while he can.

[Realman30]

Hoodies is a good start on the identities. Interesting how “hood” is a root word.

lol

[12Gauge687]

And your offer of coffee is probably doing the folks inside a favor (providing them with a short break) if her singing isn’t that great.

[hosepipe]

Did the bell ringer take their picture(s) with his cell phone?..
Wouldnt happen in Alaska everybody is packin.. even the grannys..

[Mr. K]

Do you hit them first?

[Jaidyn]

I always bring her a fresh cup of hot coffee on my way out.

I checked your profile to see if you are from my town! LOL! The next time I go to the grocery store, I'm taking this lady a pair of gloves. It's been very cold and windy, and feel bad for her. The last time I donated, I asked her how the kettles were doing this year. She said I was the 2nd person to donate, after 2 hours. Sad!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Crackheads

Whenever the financial take on a crime is so low that the risk-reward calculation does not make any sense whatsoever, look for drugs to be involved.

(Exhibit A being the Pittsburgh thief who held up a Dairy Queen three blocks from his house in the middle of February. He is going away for armed robbery and he cleared a whole $23 on that caper. But it was in a neighborhood known for petty dope fiends).