On July 23rd, 2025, the Tallahassee Police Department was called to the scene at the local Chuck E. Cheese for reports of a man who potentially engaged in theft at the business. The following shows the body worn camera footage of what happened during the incident. >> Hey, bro. What's up? >> Hey, are y'all busy? >> Uh, no. We just cleared some guy with a 2x4 at a gas station. >> Okay. Was that a report or no? >> No. >> Okay. Um I would appreciate your assistance. I have a pretty legitimate fraud call over here at the Chuck-E-Cheese. Um a guy stole a credit card uh from the complainant and then has been using it at different places and the complainant tracked it down to him. She has a video of him using it at a meat market. Um, and she's like, "I know that's my card because it's a distinct card." And she's here outside the Chuck-E-Cheese and she says he's inside right now. >> Oh, really? Okay. And how is she and what's him? Uh she found she went to the meat market uh where she was seeing charges and uh went to the timestamp from the charge and the meat market let her look at the video and she's like, "Wait a second, that guy's an employee at the Chuck-E-Cheese that I just had my daughter's birthday party at." >> Oh, really? >> Mhm. >> That's interesting. Okay, let's think this through. So, we got >> How many charges are we talking? >> Um, at least two or three screenshots worth of charges over a course of a couple days. >> Oh, so multiple charges. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, we have felony on the number if not uh if not the amount. Um Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. He's in route. Um just trying to think how to handle this. >> When were the chargers made? I um within the last month I know that for sure. I I haven't worked out the details with her yet on on the exact dates when it started and when it ended. >> Okay. Yeah, we're coming. We're almost there, in fact. So, we'll we'll try to get the details. >> Okay. >> What about if three cops go in the front door? Do you >> He might try. I doubt it. >> That's what I'm saying. So, our strategy is to get him just to go to the back just sweep sweep. >> I think that's a good idea. when we get to that point, make sure you get everything and you're confident and can you let him see the video cuz he's going to be the one writing the report today. So, or arrest or whatever comes. >> In the video, we both go ahead. >> Card is distinct. It's got a it's gray and it's got like a multicolored where you can see my >> You can see Would you stop? I'm trying to tell him something important. You can see half the card and it's gray with a a circle right in the middle of it. with the circle. I would say we're searching him yet. So, >> yeah, we have to question him first, but >> we can always ask him there. >> Or we got to know who he is. Do you have an ID? You know. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Oh my god. All right, we're going live. >> Yeah, for sure. >> This is going to be epic. >> Oh boy. Oh my god. [Music] >> Yes, we are. >> Do it. I want you to >> go around. You want me You want me to come in front of you, kids? Okay. >> Ma'am, who's in the mouth suit? Was it the gentleman that was just up here? Okay. >> Chucky's a little bit busy, ma'am. Chucky, come with me, Chucky. Come on. >> Come with Chucky. Chucky, stop resisting. Stop resisting. You're being detained. Stop resisting. Let it Let it go. Let it go. Do not cause a scene here, sir. >> I know. I know. Uhoh. >> Come here. [Music] Come on. Hey, >> we're going this way, sir. [Music] >> Let's go. We're going to talk in a minute. Okay. >> We got to do our job, ma'am. >> It's not my call, ma'am. [Music] >> I'm going to talk to you in a minute. I let you know what's going on. Okay. >> I don't know [ __ ] about this. >> All right, that's fine. >> I don't know [ __ ] about monkey. >> I got you. >> I'm I'm working entertaining kids. >> I got you, buddy. Come over here. >> [ __ ] you. >> You got You got anything on you? It's going to poke me. Stick me stab me. >> You got anything on you? I'm going to patch you down. Okay. What's that? What's in your pocket here? Just your wallet and stuff. >> Does this come off, man? Is it coming off the top? I hurt you. I work. I'm just doing my job. I understand. >> What the [ __ ] is this about? >> We're going to talk. >> We're going to talk to you in a second. >> Um, >> how does this come off, man? Is it just like a normal >> Can I get I got to take this back. This is my work stuff. >> Okay, we'll take care of that in a minute. >> We'll do it. Put them in the car. Ready? >> Man, what is going on, man? >> All right, just hold on right here. You don't have anything that's going to poke me or stick me, right? >> No, sir. >> All right. Don't worry about your Don't worry about reaching or anything. Okay. Where the uh You got pants on underneath this. >> I got to take all this stuff off. Huh? >> I got to get >> What is going on? >> Just pat him down. B him down for now. >> I didn't feel any weapons. >> You have any weapons, knives? >> I don't care weapons. >> All right. Have a seat in here, sir. I'm going to read you something. Okay. >> What is going on? >> I'm about to explain that to you right after I read you this. Okay. I don't know what y'all talking about or what's going on. All >> righty, sir. I'm Officer Cruz >> with the Tal Police Department. I'm conducting an official criminal investigation concerning fraud. Any false statements about material matters given by a witness under the oath will be will consult penalty. Sorry, that's the wrong one. All right. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to talk to >> Do you understand each of these rights as I've explained them to you? Yeah, I understand. But what is going on? I don't know anything. >> Have you previously requested any law enforcement officer to allow you to speak to an attorney? >> I haven't I don't know anything about none of this. >> Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? >> What is going on? >> Having these rights in mind, do you want us to talk to you? Do you wish to talk to us about what's going on? >> I just need I just want to know what's going on. I have to get back to work. >> Sir, having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? >> Why y'all even harassing me? And I didn't even do anything. I'm in here working doing >> sir. I need you to answer the questions before I talk to you. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? >> I I Why? What? I talked to y'all up and I don't know what's going on. >> It's a yes or no, sir. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? >> Whatever, man. >> Yeah, it's >> a yes. Okay. >> All right. So, we are investigating some some fraud stuff with the credit card. Did you uh have you been using anyone else's credit card anywhere? No sir. >> Have you been have you been shopping lately with a credit card? >> No sir. Only card I use is my own cash app. That's it. >> So you don't use a credit card anywhere? >> No sir. >> Okay. Um you you've never obtained a credit card from here, found one, lost or whatever else and used it anywhere else. So there wouldn't be any video of you anywhere shopping with a credit card >> like at the meat market. >> At the meat market that doesn't belong to you? >> I don't know anything about a meat market. >> You don't shop at the meat market? Yeah. So, you haven't gone anywhere and used a credit card to shop anywhere in the past week? >> No. >> Okay. Um, >> push them on the location. >> Okay. Well, yeah. What about All right. Well, I tell you what. >> I don't know anything about I was going to look at the video for myself. I don't remember the name of the places. >> I don't even know anything about none of these. >> Okay. >> As far as I know. So we got >> cuz I cannot afford to lose this job. This is all I know and love. >> I gotcha. >> Have you ever been to a place called 720? >> 720 in Tallahassee. >> 720 Orange after the meat market. >> Oh, the meat market's meat market. >> The one that you're on film stealing. >> What about Cloud Smoke Shop? You ever been there? >> Okay. >> The one you're also on film stealing. >> What about the Waterburger? You go to the water burger and get some food with a credit card. >> Okay. >> Only thing >> neighborhood meat market. You went there multiple times. >> I use my own card. Now I don't use other people stuff for nothing. >> Okay. At the meat market. You use your own card. >> My own card. That's it. >> So you do you did go to the meat market then? >> I go there but I don't use nobody car but my own. >> When's the last time you went there? >> The meat market? >> A few days ago. >> Few days ago. Okay. And you used your own card there? >> Yes. My own. Nobody else's. >> Is that the app thing you were talking about? Apple Pay thing. They take cash out. >> They take cash out there. Okay. What about the Time Savers, too? >> Cash out. >> Cash out. So, you've been there recently? >> About two weeks ago? >> What about Tony Mart? >> No, >> I haven't been there recently. >> Haven't been to Tony Mart. Okay. Time savers again. So, you you go to these places and use your cash app on your phone to pay for stuff? >> Never with a card. Okay. So if we got video of you using a card, >> I use my own card, no one else's. >> Well, you said it's a phone, right? It's a >> I I have that card, but it's not with me today. >> You have the car, but it's not what cards do you have on you today? >> I don't got no card on me. Boss calls. That's it. >> That's it. Okay. >> And a pack of cigarettes. That's it. >> Okay. So, you're So, you're denying all all claims of of going over to these places and using uh someone else's credit card? I don't use nobody call but my own. >> Okay. You know how much meat you bought or about how much stuff you spent in the past few weeks on your uh your your Apple card or your cash app card or whatever card you had? >> Not too sure. >> Not too sure. >> Okay. >> No ballpark figure. >> What were you buying from like the the 420 the smoke shops? Just cigarettes or >> cigarettes? I just cigarettes. >> Okay. What about the other shops? What were you buying from there? Don't know. >> Don't remember. >> Don't remember. Okay. So, just just meat and cigarettes. >> If you want to show them the video, you can show them the video. >> I mean, I don't know nothing about all this stuff. I don't use no car on my own car. I don't know nothing about this other [ __ ] >> Does that look like you? Something you wear? >> No, sir. I don't wear no stuff like that. >> You don't wear anything like that? That's not you. >> That's not you. >> Hey, look at me. It's going to be in your best interest to tell the truth. Okay? Don't Don't pretend like that's not you in the picture. All right? You know it's you. Just start telling us the truth. >> I don't want to go to jail. >> I mean, if you're lying to us, you're only going to make things worse on yourself, buddy. Cuz all that's going to go in the report and all the judge is going to see all that [ __ ] I'm not trying to go to jail today. >> I I understand that, but we got to investigate what happened here. So, if you want to I mean, if you want to let us know what's going on, that would help everyone here, including yourself. >> Can you hold this up, please? >> What? Get his name and information. >> All right. You got your Do you have your ID card on you in your in your pockets? You don't have your ID card on you? We're we're going to we're going to find out if you got it on you. So, if you're if you're lying to me, it's not going to go well, man. What's your name? >> Hold on a minute. Officer, can I go inside to get my Have a seat. You can't go inside. >> There it is. And we'll go get it for you. >> Just tell us where your ID card is. >> I don't have it at all today. >> Okay. What's your What's your first name? >> My first name. >> Spell it for me. >> J E R Y U E L. J E R M E L L. >> Yes. >> What's your middle name? >> All right. Well, have a have a seat in there. I'm gonna check something. Go ahead and go ahead and spin around. >> Those feet slide off. You can find the feet off. >> Yeah. Let me take these off. >> He wants the manager wants a uniform. >> Figure that out here. Give me his info. >> All right. Well, >> what's his name? >> J. >> J E R. M L so I can take this off. >> Hold on a second. >> J I'm sorry. J E R M E L. >> Yes. >> All the shoes and everything. >> Okay. Yeah, we'll get them for you. >> We'll take care of that. >> I'm not trying to go to jail today. >> We understand that. >> I I don't want to go to jail today. >> We didn't want to come here and have to take you to jail, sir. >> I don't want to go to jail today. >> All right. You stand up. Is there a belt on those pants? >> I got to take You got to uncover so I can take all this stuff off. >> No, no. We're going to take it off for you. Is there a belt on your pants? >> I got to take this stuff off to get the regular [ __ ] >> I don't think you're understanding. >> Hold on. I'm on to you real quick. >> You got attachers up there. It's going to have to come off of here. >> We'll we'll work on this and get it to you as soon as we can. Okay. Z call Joe. I'm not trying to lose this job. >> Something that I don't even know [ __ ] nobody. >> If we take these cuffs, >> are we going to have to get in a fight? >> No, sir. I'm going to cooperate. >> All right. Good. >> I'm going to cooperate like a regular person. >> Thank you. >> All I do is do this 9 to5 every day. That's it. I go to work, come home. That's it. Huh? >> Yeah. I think they Oh, this about to cost me my I'm about to lose. >> I hope not, man. I know the the owner's a pretty good guy or the the main guy. >> The GM. >> The GM. He's a good guy. I don't know if it's going to cost you your job, man. >> I don't want to go to jail for nothing. I ain't do. If I find a card or something, I turn it in if I'm in. >> We'll get it figured out, man. We'll get it figured out. >> If I was to find a card or something, I'm giving it up. I don't do nothing with other people cards. My body camera is on and it's recorded you saying that. Okay. Go ahead and take your shirt off, please. >> All her ass in the back, man. Working. >> Not really. >> All I do is work this. >> Okay, I believe you. >> We're just doing our job right now, too, sir. Okay. >> Oh, no. Can I smoke a cigarette? >> Not right now. Not right now. >> Not right now. >> We'll get to that in a second. >> Thank you. All right. Stand up. Face away from me. Put your ass right back. >> I don't want to go to jail today. >> I might have been on camera in that store you saw, but not using what y'all think. Okay. Thank you for >> What is the card you use look like? Do you have a physical card that you use? >> No, >> it's all Mine is all white. >> It's all white. Is there anything on it? The lettering or any any numbers or anything? >> My cash out name, but it's not with me. >> It's just all white. It's just plain white. Nothing else on it. >> Nothing but my name and information. A little stripe. I don't have it on me. >> Little stripe. Where's the stripe at on it? >> On the back. >> On the back. Is it the like the thing that goes across that you would scan? Stripe? >> Glad you swipe. >> Okay. Do you have any other cards? That's the only card you have. >> But I don't have that card with me. >> I got you. I understand. >> You have no other cards? You have no other credit cards, debit cards, any type of cards? >> Bus cards. That's it. >> What are those? >> Like to catch the bus with >> bus card. Okay. But you can't pay for items with that, right? >> No. No, you can't do nothing with that. >> Okay. And and you said when you go to these places where you were, you saw yourself on camera, right? You use your your your own white card there. >> Okay. Which is plain solid white, >> right? >> Okay. With just your name and the back swipe swipe right, >> right? My own overdraw. >> Okay. All right. What's your uh >> Have you ever been arrested, sir? Or in ever? Have you ever been arrested? >> The last time I was arrested was years ago. >> Years ago. Where was that at? >> This the only place I ever did. >> In Tallahassee. >> In Tallahassee. >> What did you get arrested for? Last time I got arrested was a possession case. I ain't been in trouble ever since. >> Okay. Possession of what? >> Yeah. >> Do you have an ID or a driver's license at all? >> Card with a magnetic strip on the back. >> So, the card that we see you using in the footage with the circle on it. >> What card is that? >> I didn't get that card. >> That's what we see in the footage. So, what is that? One of my cousins may send me with they call card to go to the store here and there. That's it. >> What does that card look like? >> I do not know because it's not with me. >> Have you gone to the the store with your cousin's card at all the past few weeks? >> Keep keep working on that. >> I need my notepad so I can write some information down cuz I'm going to need your cousin's information. >> I don't know none of their information. >> You don't know their information? But they send you to this store with their credit card. >> They be right there with me. >> Where do they stay? You know, how do you get in touch with her? >> That's too far. Hang. >> What's their phone number? >> She don't got one. >> She don't got a phone number. So, where does she stay? >> Where's your cousin stay at? >> They gave you a card. What's that? >> On the other side of town, man. >> Other side? Where? On the other side of town. >> I'm trying to help I'm trying to help you. You're telling me you're going with your cousin's card. give me some information on how to find your cousin so we can verify and see what kind of card she has so we can help you. If you if you're going to tell me you're going with someone's card, then not give me any information that helps me see if that's valid. >> She was like a gray car, but I don't know what kind of gray car it actually is cuz I only used maybe a couple times. >> Have you gone Have you gone to the store with anyone else's car other than hers in the past few weeks? >> No, >> just hers. Okay. >> So, what's her name? >> Um Well, you're probably going to jail, so >> nothing else. I can't afford to go to jail today. >> I understand. >> I'm about to get fired. >> I hope he doesn't fire you. Do >> you have anything else you need us to grab for you? >> Can I get my own? Stay stay in there. >> Work keys. Yeah. Where are they? So I can tell him >> in in the Chucky room. >> In the Chucky room. And it's work keys. >> Yes, sir. >> What else? Wallet or anything like that? >> I don't got a wallet. >> You don't have a wallet? >> I don't even know about no car thing. >> Gotcha. right now it's it's out of our hands cuz there's been something that's been reported and there's there's physical visual evidence to match it and what what you're telling us is not helping break any of that. You know what I'm saying? So basically we're probably going to have to take you over to jail, book you for this and then the detectives are going to have to get to the bottom of what's going on here. If you if you're innocent, they'll I mean, they'll talk to you and they will of course you're innocent until proven guilty, but they'll talk to you and you'll figure out with them the timeline of events and what's going on and how this stuff happened and how this misunderstanding took place if that's what it is. And if not, if it's if if it's something that you did and you're you know, you're either honest with him or you're not. And that's going to affect court, trial, and charges. So, it's it's how honest your being helps you more, you know what I'm saying? More than it's going to help anyone else. So, it's we're trying to find out what's going on. >> What am I being charged? >> You don't have anything that's going to poke me or stick me right there. >> Last thing I want to do is get poked by something. Okay. >> What am I being charged with? >> That's my smoke show. >> Do you have a medical marijuana license, sir? >> I was on the way to getting one. >> Okay. >> All right. On the way here, just set it up. anymore. >> That's mine. >> Oh, I wonder what this one is. >> Yep. And there's yours, too. So, you did have your car on here. I thought you told me you didn't have anything. >> I thought I didn't have it, too. >> I found that today. >> I found that today. >> All righty, sir. >> July 24. >> Can I please smoke a cigarette? It's good. >> That's going to be up to my boss here. That's not up to me. >> You want to let him smoke a cigarette? >> No. >> Please. >> No, sir. Uh jail staff can decide that when you get there. Okay. >> All right. Have a seat back. Actually, take your take your shoe off for me. >> Pop in your shoe. Yeah. >> You got this for now? >> Yep. No. Leave them over here. Bring it up here. Bring it up here. >> When you're done, take a photo of this and we'll get it back. >> Gotcha. >> What about the exploring? >> I just told you, sir. Let me see. Okay. You know everything that we have. We just we just explained it to you, right? >> Yes. [Music] >> Oh man. He didn't think he was going to get served. >> Look at his name. Oh, this isn't him. >> Who is that? >> Bus pass. This is someone else's bus. >> Chuck cheese. Dude, with the card with the card. Want [Music] to get some pictures of that receipt, too. >> Yeah, I got them. Keeping it not >> getting wet. Yeah, I'm going to go get a bag right now. >> So, we'll we can empower you. >> Yeah, for sure. But >> photograph it and then store it and then also highlight the card number with this right there. >> We we can have this. So we'll impound this. >> Okay, perfect. Let me get a bag. >> Um >> I'm I'm getting her thing and then I'll take a picture, send it to you and I'll take your >> Cool. Oh, you want to impound the rest of this stuff? >> Hey, can you clarify? Um, obviously obviously for you it's a stolen card as well. >> I don't think it was reported stolen either, but we haven't Well, it doesn't matter because we have him in possession of stolen property. Even if it's unreported, she's telling you it's stolen. You have it in his purchase to pick up that charge. You have >> the fraudulent use. >> Okay. >> You have PII, you have >> theft, you have it. We'll go through it. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Credit cards, IDs, passport. >> Property. What is it? >> It's only It's It's a possession of stolen. >> All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Thank you for watching.