Bad Santa: Beloved NJ holiday performer charged with child exploitation crimes Dan Alexander Published: December 8, 2025 Mark Paulino (inset) as "Santa Mark" (Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, SantaMark.info)

🚨Ex-Hamilton teacher known as “Santa Mark” faces child porn charges

🚨Prosecutor says hundreds of illegal images were in his possession

🚨The longtime educator and holiday performer has worked with children for years

HAMILTON (Mercer) — A retired teacher who grew a big white beard to appear at parties and other holiday events as "Santa Mark" was charged with possessing images of child sexual exploitation.

Mark Paulino, 64, was arrested on Friday after the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit received information from the State Police I

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