‘Come With Me, Chuck E.’
Newly released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a man dressed in a Chuck E. Cheese mascot costume in Florida.
The man, who was identified as Jermell J. Jones, was working his shift at the restaurant on Wednesday, July 23, when officers rushed into the building and took him into custody, PEOPLE previously reported.
In the video released by the Tallahassee Police Department, officers can be seen struggling to handcuff Jones at first, telling him to “stop resisting” before grabbing his arms and pulling them behind his back.
“Come with me Chuck E.,” one of the officers can be heard saying as they lead him out of the restaurant and into the parking lot.
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After patting him down and taking off the mascot head, the officer tells Jones he’s accused of “some fraud stuff with a credit card,” to which Jones denies using anyone else’s card and insists he only uses his own Cash App.
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He later admitted to officers that he sometimes used a cousin’s card, identifying her only as “Key,” according to a police report obtained by CBS Miami.
This came after a woman approached officers at the scene and allegedly provided video evidence, identifying Jones as the person who made fraudulent purchases with her child support debit card. She told police she last used the card on June 28 during her child’s birthday party at the restaurant.
Per the outlet, police found the woman’s debit card in Jones’ pocket during the arrest.
Investigators also reviewed surveillance footage from a nearby store along with transaction logs that allegedly showed he had used the card in multiple locations.
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According to The Tallahassee Democrat, Jones was charged with three felonies — theft of a credit card, criminal use of personal identification information and fraudulent use of a credit card over two times within six months.
“We have taken the appropriate action concerning the subject employee,” a spokesperson for Chuck E. Cheese previously told PEOPLE in a statement.
Jones was booked and released the next morning on a $1,000 bond.
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