Florida bell ringer allegedly tries to 'impale' store manager with donation tripod while drunk

A Florida antheral moving arsenic a Salvation Army doorbell ringer for the holidays was arrested Christmas week, aft helium allegedly attempted to "impale" the manager of a market store with his donation kettle tripod, according to officials. 

Steven Pavlik, 63, was arrested astatine his location this week and charged with aggravated battle and resisting apprehension aft helium fled the country aft allegedly drunkenly attacking the manager of a Publix successful Stuart, Florida. 

Pavlik had been stationed arsenic a doorbell ringer extracurricular the store.

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Steven Pavlik, a Salvation Army bell-ringer, allegedly was intoxicated and attempted to stab a Publix manager. (AP Photo, File/Martin County Sheriff's Office)

"63-year-old Steven Pavlik tried his manus astatine immoderate part-time Christmas foundation enactment — however, drunk ringing, belligerent tidings and battle took him from doorbell work to booking blotter aft a full-blown foundation tirade," the Martin County Sheriff’s Office wrote successful a Christmas Eve Facebook post. 

The store manager confronted Pavlik aft helium allegedly got drunk connected work and began "aggressively" harassing passersby, causing a "major disturbance" extracurricular the store, according to the sheriff's office. 

The fishy allegedly attacked the store manager with his donation kettle tripod.  (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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Pavlik past allegedly attacked the store manager with his donation kettle tripod.

"When the Publix manager came extracurricular to talk to Pavlik, helium became convulsive and attempted to impale the manager with the donation kettle tripod," the sheriff's bureau wrote.

Pavlik was confronted aft helium allegedly got drunk connected work and began "aggressively" harassing passersby. (AP Photo, File/Torin Halsey)

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The manager wasn’t injured during the attack, the sheriff’s bureau said. 

Pavlik fled the scene, but deputies aboriginal located him astatine his residence, wherever helium was taken into custody.

Publix and the Salvation Army did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.