Chuck E. Cheese arrested for credit card fraud in Florida

Tallahassee police officers arrested Chuck E Cheese on charges of credit card fraud on Wednesday Police handcuffed the mascot s paws behind his back inside a local outpost of the children s arcade and pizza parlor chain and photos of the arrest fleetly spread on social media Leadership believe Jermell Jones who was dressed as the rodent when they arrived stole a customer s credit card and used it to make fraudulent purchases In the photos police can be seen leading the iconic pizza rat through the front door of the establishment Ok Tallahassee Police Department y all couldn t let this man change out of his Chuck E Cheese costume before arresting him in front of those kids wrote one Facebook user while sharing photos of the development Related Chuck E Cheese and the millennial midlife predicament TPD spokesperson Alicia Hill narrated the Tallahassee Democrat that officers had hoped to lead Jones out of the restaurant without placing him in handcuffs When they approached him he at once tenses up and resists and so at this point they make the decision to put him in handcuffs keeping in mind the safety of not only the customers but the suspect as well as the officers themselves Hill declared It is unfortunate that the person who is subject of this scrutiny and who we had probable cause on happened to be in costume Chuck E Cheese s parent company CEC Entertainment advised the outlet they have taken appropriate action Read more about mascots Cultural taxidermy not appropriation The trophies in sports no one wants to talk about The event for and against the tiger living on LSU s campus In honor of Mr Met here s a video history of mascots behaving badly The post Chuck E Cheese arrested for credit card fraud in Florida appeared first on Salon com