Sad Day: Chuck E Cheese arrested in Tallahassee on three felony charges

I think we are all in agreement that there’s is never a good way to get arrested, but an employee getting dragged out of a Chuck E Cheese, in full costume, definitely has to be the worst way imaginable.

Chuck E Cheese was arrested mid-shift on three felony charges. They booked the second-most famous mouse on theft of a credit card, criminal use of personal identification info, and fraudulent use of said card multiple times within six months.

Say it aint so Mr. Chuck E. Cheese

A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud

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Tallahassee Democrat — Tallahassee social media is abuzz as locals share photos and video of renowned mouse, Chuck E Cheese, being arrested by Tallahassee Police Department officers and being taken out of the restaurant as kids and families look on.

While some questioned why police couldn’t wait till the man was out of his costume, another photo later shows the arrested man unmasked with the Chuck E. Cheese mascot head on top of the squad car.

TPD spokesperson Jerome Maples confirmed the legitimacy of the photos and said that TPD arrested a man on three felonies. He was unable to provide further details.

According to the County Clerk of Courts website, the arrested man was charged with theft of credit card, criminal use of personal identification information and fraudulent use of a credit over two times within six months.

One viral photo showed cops walking the costumed character out of the restaurant like he just lost a no-DQ match to the IRS. Another photo had the Chuck E Cheese head sitting on top of the squad car.

They unmasked Chuck E Cheese

Side Note: Does Chuck E Cheese still have the animitronic rats performing throughout the day? Those used to slap. I really hope we haven’t diminished American culture to the point of just mascots and no robots inside the establishment.

Anyways, could you imagine being a parent of someone who had their kids out for a nice pizza party, only to have the cops burst in and arrest Chuck E. Cheese on the spot?

That has to be traumatizing. Anyone who witnessed the event should be walking out with a minimum 10,000 free tickets, five pizzas, and a sincere apology from the regional manager.

Reports say the officers didn’t even ask who was in the costume they just went straight for Chuck.

You almost have to respect the commitment to maintaining the magic.

To those kids, Chuck E. Cheese is now canonically a criminal mouse who does birthday parties on the side.

Walt Disney could never.

Now the Leon County Jail has to process a grown man wearing a foam rat suit. I hope someone told the guards it’s gonna smell like broken dreams and pepperoni in there.

Also, where’s the mugshot? I would love to get my hands on that.

Somewhere out there, a mom is explaining why Chuck E. Cheese won’t be at the next party. In Leon County, they just booked a mouse on fraud charges. What a time to be alive.

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