Summary:
A bell ringer who helped a grandmother and her grandchildren get into a shopping mall in North Carolina had his Salvation Army kettle stolen.

Full article:
By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:01 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:11 EST, 28 November 2013 . A thief someone stole a Salvation Army kettle from a bell ringer who left his post to help a grandmother and her four grandchildren get through the double doors at a shopping mall in North Carolina. Winston-Salem police say bell ringer James Griffin III told them when returned from the Belk store to his post, the kettle and the $50 in it were gone. Theft: A Salvation Army kettle was stolen on Tuesday from a bell ringer in North Carolina . Vanished: Bell ringer James Griffin III (not pictured) told police that when he returned to his post after helping a grandmother and her four grandchildren into a shopping mall, the kettle and the $50 in it were gone . Police Lt. Brad Yandell says there is no video of Tuesday's theft, and investigators have no leads. Maj. James Allison, commander of the Salvation Army of Winston-Salem, says the agency would have helped if the thief had a need. Griffin returned to his post on Wednesday, and the Belk store manager put $100 into the replacement kettle.