Santa’s Drunk Helper
Tries to ‘Impale’ Publix Supervisor
… Whereas Accumulating Cash for Charity
Revealed
A Salvation Military bell ringer obtained drunk throughout his volunteer shift and attacked the supervisor of a Florida Publix he was amassing cash in entrance of on Christmas Eve.
The rogue “Santa’s Helper” — 63-year-old Steven Pavlik — was “belligerent” and “aggressively confronting individuals strolling by” throughout his shift, which is when the shop’s supervisor obtained concerned, the Martin County Sheriff’s Workplace says. When the supervisor got here outdoors to talk to Pavlik, “he turned violent” and allegedly “tried to impale” him with the donation kettle tripod.
He then fled the scene, however deputies tracked him right down to his residence, the place he was cuffed after which transported to the Martin County Jail. He has been charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest. He has since been launched, on-line information present.
Fortunately, the sufferer was not bodily injured — though his Christmas spirit could have been.
