A Florida man who worked as a whistleblower with the Salvation Army during the holidays was arrested during Christmas week after allegedly trying to “skewer” a grocery store manager with his donation kettle stand, officials said.
Steven Pavlik, 63, was arrested at his home this week and charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest after fleeing after allegedly drunkenly assaulting the manager of a Publix in Stuart, Florida.
Pavlik was stationed outside the store as a whistleblower.
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Sixty-three-year-old “Steven Pavlik tried his hand at part-time charity work over Christmas, but drunken ringing, bellicose messages and assault took him from the ringer to booking blotter after a full-blown charity tirade,” the Martin County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post on Christmas Eve.
The store manager confronted Pavlik after he allegedly became drunk on duty and began “aggressively” harassing passersby, causing “major disturbance” outside the store, according to the sheriff’s office.
The suspect allegedly attacked the store manager with his donation kettle stand. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
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Pavlik then allegedly attacked the store manager with his donation kettle stand.
“When the Publix manager came outside to talk to Pavlik, he became violent and attempted to impale the manager with the donation kettle tripod,” the sheriff’s office said. wrote.
Pavlik was confronted after he allegedly became drunk on duty and began “aggressively” harassing passersby. (AP Photo, File/Torin Halsey)
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The manager was not injured during the attack, the sheriff’s office said.
Pavlik fled, but officers later found him at his home, where he was taken into custody.
Publix and The Salvation Army did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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