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Social media broke out after a Chuck E. Cheese costume was arrested and led from the restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida, while families and children looked at the detention of the man carrying a giant mouse head.
A photo of the employee’s arrest was largely distributed and consulted online in a Facebook Post of the independent writer and former first instance lawyer Chuck Hobbs.
Ok, Tallahassee’s police service, you cannot all let this man change his costume of Chuck E. Cheese before stopping it in front of these children? 🤔😭🙄
“Ok, the Tallahassee police department, you cannot all let this man change his costume of Chuck E. Cheese before stopping it in front of these children?” He wrote in a legend accompanying the photo.
Why it matters
The Sheriff’s Bureau of Leon County confirmed Nowsweek that the suspect is Jermell Jarreau Jarreau, 41. According to police archives, Jones was arrested for three crime charges: criminal use of personal identification information, theft of a credit card and fraudulent use of a credit card twice in six months.
The contact details of a lawyer representing Jones were not immediately available.
The video sequences and the photos of him in detention have been widely disseminated on social networks, given the nature of the arrest and the circumstances that surround him. Several photos and videos have also shown shocked customers watching while Jones was handcuffed and led to the restaurant parking lot before the police had him removed his costume outside a police car.
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What to know
The Internet flew to a frenzy after the arrest of Jones, with a multitude of users making references Chuck E. Cheese while discussing the news.
“The deposit was set at 3,500 tickets”, Chase Mitchell, writer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, wrote on X in response to the news.
Emily C. Singer, a writer of the left of the left Daily Kos, published a screenshot of an officer leading Jones out of the handcuffed restaurant when he was still dressed in the costume of the famous mouse.
“Save Scratch, Freeze Frame … ‘You are probably wondering how I found myself in this situation’ ‘wrote Singer.
Barstool Sports posted on X: “Noooo, they had Chuck E. Cheese.”
The position was accompanied by a video of the suspect having the head of the costume removed by police when he was standing when he was handcuffed outside the establishment.
The right commentator, Nick Souteor, wrote: “Just inside: ‘Chuck E. Cheese’ was arrested in Florida … guy, Chuck finally struck Rock Bottom, it seems. What a shame.”
What people say
The Tallahassee Democrat cited an employee of the restaurant who said arrest: “It is regrettable that this happened here.”
The employee, who was not identified in the report, told the media that Jones’ arrest had nothing to do with the company.
What happens next
Jones was released on bail, according to the police archives.
