16 Criminally Bad Santas
These not-so-nice Santas were all arrested while "on duty".
Published 10 years ago in Funny
These not-so-nice Santas were all arrested while doing their best Jolly Saint Nick impersonations.
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Apex, North Carolina. January 12, 2012. John Thomas Peters, 70, was arrested during a sting operation "We had set up an operation to have the gentleman meet the juvenile for a photo shoot" Apex Police Capt. Ann Stephens told CBS. Peters referred to himself as "Santa John" on a Santa buddies website, saying on the site he worked at stores dressed up as Saint Nick so he could interact with children. Peters was charged with first-degree sexual exploitation, one count of solicitation of a child by a computer and one count of dissemination of porn to a minor.4
Osceola County, Florida. December 23, 2012. Mike Busey, aka the "King of Rock and Roll Debauchery," was arrested during a house party at his Florida home he calls the "Sausage Castle." An undercover police officer paid the $20 cover charge for "Mike Busey's End of the World Sexy Santa Holiday B-Day" inside, he saw liquor being sold without a license. Busey was booked and jailed, but even after he was released, he tweeted "Last Night I Got Arrested For Throwing A EPIC Party! I Never Had Some Much Being Arrested!"5
Chicago, December 6, 2010. This drunk Santa walked into a Brown Elephant resale shop in Chicago and gave other customers a profanity-laden piece of his mind. When an employee tried to escort him from the store, he shoved them to the ground and took off running. When this Santa was arrested he didn't go down without a fight, spitting and kicking an officer in the shin.8
Akron, Ohio 1978. John Kaufman, 30, after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a jeweler who objected to his method of soliciting contributions. Kaufman, who was booked on assault charges, was in charge of a group of three Santas from the Cleveland Temple of Hare Krishna who were soliciting contributions in an aggressive manner, according to police reports.16
Ontario, California. November 29, 2013. Karl Hilgert, was taking part in a protest at WalMart were protesters were demanding the retail giant (who employs over 1% of the working population of the country) bring their pay up to a living wage. Hilgert was hauled off by police, during a scuffle outside of the store.