Overview
- Authorities identified the volunteer as 63-year-old Steven Scott Pavlik outside a Publix on Kanner Highway in Stuart, Martin County, on Dec. 23.
- Deputies say Pavlik appeared intoxicated and was aggressively confronting shoppers before the confrontation with the manager.
- Investigators report he allegedly tried to strike the manager with a donation kettle tripod during the encounter.
- Pavlik fled the scene but was later located at his residence and taken into custody by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
- Jail records show he was booked on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (without intent to kill) and resisting or obstructing an officer (without violence), with bonds set at $2,500 and $500.