Friday, July 01, 2005

NewsChannel 5 Network-Salvation Army Battling Some Unwanted Donations

NewsChannel 5 Network: "Salvation Army Battling Some Unwanted Donations
Posted: 6/30/2005 5:11:00 PM
Updated: 6/30/2005 6:16:51 PM

Salvation Army Battling Some Unwanted Donations

The Salvation Army says people are coming by their thrift store on Nolensville Road in Nashville after hours and dumping tons of garbage on their property, and they say the costs of removing it are piling up.

A Salvation Army spokesperson said people have been leaving everything from appliances to furniture to bags of trash right outside the store in order to avoid paying a dumping fee.

But the spokesperson said what the offenders don’t realize is that they’re being caught on tape.

The building next door houses a security company which uses surveillance cameras to monitor its own property, but the cameras also record what happens outside the Salvation Army store.

Video taken last weekend over a seven-hour period showed 3"

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