The confusion and anger of children and their parents at a Chuck E. Cheese in Tallahassee, Florida has gone viral in newly-released bodycam footage of a mascot being escorted out of the location in handcuffs.
In a video released by the Tallahassee Police Department, a Chuck E. Cheese mascot is approached by two police officers who handcuff the man in his costume, inside of the restaurant-arcade and escort him out to a police car, where they begin to question him. Children in the video are heard saying, "Oh no!," standing by in confusion.
Before exiting the location, a distraught mother told the officers they may have "traumatized" the children in the restaurant-arcade. "Would y'all put Mickey Mouse in handcuffs?" she continued.
Jermel Jarreau Jones, 41, was arrested at the Tallahassee Chuck E. Cheese on July 23 after officers responded to a call from a woman named Michelle Allen, who alleged she had video proof of Jones using a stolen credit card, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by USA TODAY. Allen said she was at the Chuck E. Cheese to confront Jones.
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