Overview

• Tallahassee police released video from a July 23 arrest showing officers detaining 41-year-old Jermell Jarreau Jones while he wore the Chuck E. Cheese costume.
• Jones faces three felony counts: theft of a credit card, criminal use of personal identification information, and repeated fraudulent use of a payment card exceeding statutory thresholds.
• The case began after Michelle Allen reported roughly $100 in unauthorized charges and provided surveillance that she said identified a Chuck E. Cheese employee.
• Police say they intended to handcuff the suspect outside but cuffed him inside after he braced and resisted; officers reported finding the victim’s card in his pocket and a small amount of marijuana.
• Jones denies using the card, was booked into the Leon County Jail and released on bond reported at $1,000, and his case remains pending as Chuck E. Cheese says it has taken appropriate action regarding the employee.