my view, America (11/19/2008 5:09:40 AM)

Wow, she has to pay back the money well over 10k a year that will take some doing. Who going to hire her at a salary, that will be require to make those kind of payments and live at the same time. It does show that crime doesn't pay.

onemiracle, (11/19/2008 5:29:57 AM)

I believe if the the entire organization is investigated there would be some very interesting findings, I have lived in all three, how, arc, and john 3-16. I think there are crooks at all three or were at one time. Anyway the lady should be in prison, she stole from the poor and the homeless and got a slap on the wrist, I would venture to guess she had her own lawyer, the DA would have loved this one. Hope she is homeless someday and someone steals here last dollaR.

What in the World!, Hometown Tulsa / Edmond, OK (11/19/2008 6:44:38 AM)

She took from the homeless and the poor? Thats pretty low. She must have been hired straight out of rehab and was supporting her habit.

destiny, (11/19/2008 8:48:40 AM)

The love of money is the root of all evil applies here. She was greedy and stole from the needy. that's pitiful. She should have done a couple of years in the pen to think about it, I'd say. Anyone else would have. I hope she learned from it, I guess we'll see. To steal from an organization trying to help people is extremely bad...

Ramirez, Tulsa (11/19/2008 9:11:05 AM)

She got off easy....
She probably don't even regret taking the money...
Yes, MONEY is the root of all EVIL.
But, stealing from the poor like she did, well there is No words for that....

okie ridgerunner, small town (11/19/2008 3:10:49 PM)

Joe- Allen - is right.--- this woman is just the one who got caught. there is others who have been with the salvation army a lot longer than her and have been doing it in other ways a lot longer.--- the stores are just a front for the public. and what little they do to help the public is just a front, so people will give them more and they can line their pockets. untill one of our presidents put a stop to it most of the money was being sent overseas. when he stopped that they started building more and better places here and lining their own pockets to live better. -- so it was not just her, she learned from some of the best.

onemiracle, (11/19/2008 6:14:06 PM)

Okie ridgerunner is exactly right I know this for a fact, it is pathetic, and no one really seems to monitor these orginizations. One they do alot of good to help people in recovery, and to stay out of jail and help people who truly need it. I know alot of these people personally, they are some of the nicest people you can meet, nobody wants to discredit them for this, I hope someday they will let an outside independent orginization actually come in undercover, and expose these crooks, From the Major, down to the store managers at the salvation army, and the stuff that goes into their personal stash. For all management of the how foundation, including managements personal assets, and bank accounts and safety deposit boxes. At this point in time John 3-16 is the least corrupt of the three. Because the head guy there is honest and will not tolerate theft, he cares where others turn their backs and let this stuff happen.. Anyway 250,000 dollars and nobody knew, that in itself is a lie.

ppiklapp, Tulsa (11/20/2008 3:28:27 AM)

As a former resident of our local SA, I saw the dual nature of the beast. People would donate things to them and these items or money, would not be used to help the locals, but would be earmarked to promote SA worldwide. We would see truckloads of food delivered on a almost daily basis, but none of us would see that food used to feed anyone locally. It would be shipped out to other places and used for other people. The need was local and they did not meet it like they promise to the contributors. Instead, we were fed meals with almost no meat and bread so hard that you almost break teeth trying to eat it. On Mondays, there was no meat in the food, only noodles. I am glad that I found my way out of there and count my blessings every day I am away.