Santa's been naughty.

From the Winston-Salem Journal:

Man dressed as Santa arrested on sex charges

FARMINGTON - A Rutherford County man dressed as Santa Claus was arrested Sunday on allegations that he inappropriately touched a child, the Davie County Sheriff's Office said.

Zay Harold Jones, 73, who said that his occupation is Santa Claus, was charged with taking indecent liberties with a mi-nor, Sheriff Al-len Whitaker said. Jones' listed aliases are Santa Claus and Kris Kringle.

A Forest City girl accused Jones of "touching her where he shouldn't have" while they were driving together to a Santa workshop in Greensboro. Jones was ful-ly dressed in a Santa Claus outfit when the incident is alleged to have happened.

Whitaker said that the girl, who is a middle-school student, then asked Jones to pull over into a rest area in Davie County. The girl told rest-area personnel that she had been touched inappropriately and the authorities were called, Whit-a-ker said.

Jones was held in the Davie County Detention Center with bond set at $25,000. His court date is Dec. 16.