By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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A still photo of the suspect regarding the theft of the Salvation Army kettle from Walmart at 3501 34 Street South). The suspect is seen wearing the blue with white stripes hooded warm-up outfit. The kettle is concealed in the blue Walmart bag.
ST. PETERSBURG — An already tough year for the Salvation Army's largest fundraising campaign in the city got a little worse Tuesday evening when someone made off with one of its iconic red kettles.
Bart Bartie, 48, was accused of taking the kettle from behind the customer service counter at the Walmart Supercenter at 3501 34th St. S as the bell ringer took a break.
Bartie, of 3900 34th St. S,, was arrested after he returned to the store and was recognized by store security personnel, who called police.
Bartie admitted stealing the kettle, police said. He ...
