I wouldn’t be so quick to buy this story. we had a couple of incidents like this in Norfolk VA last year. Turned out that the reformed dopers the SA hired to ring their bells weren’t as reformed as they should have been and had staged their own robberies.
An even specialer place in Hell.
The Salvation has a problem getting volunteers to ring the bells, so are forced to hire people. Locally, I see the same FEW volunteers all the time. I also see these same people at nursing homes, and everywhere people need people. They are devoted, hardworking, God-loving people who deserve more support. I always help the Salvation Army when I can, not just at Christmas.