Santa’s drunken helper
Attempting to ‘impale’ Publix Supervisor
…Whereas elevating cash for a very good trigger
Printed December 27, 2025 7:50 AM PST
A Salvation Military whistleblower obtained drunk whereas volunteering and attacked the supervisor of a Florida Publix the place he was elevating cash on Christmas Eve.
The rogue “Santa’s Helper” — 63-year-old Steven Pavlik — was “belligerent” and “aggressively confronting passersby” whereas on responsibility when the shop’s supervisor turned concerned, the Martin County Sheriff’s Workplace says. When the supervisor got here out to speak to Pavlik, he “turned violent” and allegedly “tried to impale him” with the donation cauldron tripod.
He then fled the scene, however officers tracked him all the way down to his dwelling, the place he was handcuffed after which transported to the Martin County Jail. He’s charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest. He has since been launched, on-line data present.
Fortuitously, the sufferer was not bodily injured, though his Christmas spirit might have been.
