Salvation Army Store Robbed
289 views · Published 31 January 2014 · 2:28 · Indexed 26 September 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2014 · News & Politics
In one part of West Asheville, the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign began in front of K-Mart on Patton Avenue. Meanwhile, at the Salvation Army Thrift Shop on New Leicester Highway, the APD investigated an overnight robbery.Colonel Ernest Miller says the thief stole cash and smashed equipment. Because the store was shut down Friday morning, he says the total loss was close to $4,000. We're trying to help the community, Miller says. And someone's trying to take a selfish piece of that away. One customer who pulled up Friday morning says the robbery angers him.This kind of ruins my day, says Norris Jeffrey. This is sorry, these people do a good job of earning money.At the Red Kettle campaign launch on Patton, others were also outraged. The effort raises money to make sure two thousand kids have Christmas toys. It may come back on them, Christine Wright says about whoever robbed the Salvation Army. A matter of time, they may need it one day.Despite the loss, the Salvation Army expects plenty of people to answer the bell by donating cash at Red Kettles all over the mountains. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
