Police: Man Claims Mother Is Dead; Tries To Use Her Credit Cards For Bar Tab

January 15, 2013

A Cantonment man was arrested on five felony charges after allegedly trying to use his supposedly dead mother’s credit cards to pay a bar tab at an adult entertainment nightclub.

The Pensacola Police Department responded to the Babe’s Gentleman’s Club on North Davis Highway after 34-year old Noah Leigh Morris allegedly racked up a $347 bar tab and did not have a way to pay for it. Manager Sammy Smith told police that Morris was attempting to use his deceased mother’s credit cards to pay for the tab.

Morris told police he was going to pay with his mother’s credit cards, and that she had passed away two days prior. The officer reported Morris was highly intoxicated and showed his wallet containing seven credit cards with his mother’s name. He attempted to use his mother’s Discover Card to pay the tab. The card was denied, as was a card with Morris’ name on it.

As he was arrested, police reported finding  several controlled prescription pills on Morris’ person in an unlabeled pill bottle.

Morris was charged with swindling or defrauding an innkeeper, fraudulent use of credit cards and two counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $8,000.

Editor’s note: Family tells NorthEscambia.com that Morris’ mother is, in fact, alive and well.

Comments

10 Responses to “Police: Man Claims Mother Is Dead; Tries To Use Her Credit Cards For Bar Tab”

  1. David Huie Green on January 18th, 2013 5:17 pm

    REGARDING:
    “Better ban them evil credit cards,they make people commit crimes .tttttt.”

    Good point. The sad thing is that the expression “predatory lenders” is part of our vocabulary. It means if someone loans you money you knew you couldn’t pay back, he is preying on you rather than you trying to cheat him. He’s to blame, not you.

    David for reality

  2. Sammy Smith on January 17th, 2013 2:32 am

    I’m the one who caught this genius. He originally tried to pay with his own card. When it declined we asked if he has cash or another card. He gave us another card at quick glance we didn’t notice the different first name. Then when I took a second look I realized it was his mother’s card. We then called the police. Turns out his mother is alive and well and I will end up paying this tab. Lucky me. The police were very helpful and I don’t feel the least bit sorry for this guy. We run a legit business regardless of what most people think. And if he didn’t pay his tab at Applebee’s he’d have gotten the same treatment. No one forced him or his buddy sho also was arrested later to walk in our doors.

  3. bme on January 16th, 2013 11:51 pm

    Better ban them evil credit cards,they make people commit crimes .tttttt.

  4. LEO GUY on January 15th, 2013 9:07 pm

    Another feather in our communitie’s cap. Sheesh! :-/

  5. Sandra on January 15th, 2013 3:57 pm

    When are we as a society going to demand that men such as this with a history of arrest after arrest be sent to prison. An article by William a few weeks ago had the SAO blaming low pay of his assistant DAs on this problem. I say everyone with a phone call the SAO and demand that they do the job they are paid for! No more pleas for lesser sentences and probation! No more dropping cases because you dont feel that you have the manpower to prosecute! Do your JOB !!!

  6. fred on January 15th, 2013 10:26 am

    it’s beginning to look like mother isn’t dead, and that he possibly stole her cards. I’ll bet she canceled them and that’s why they were declined. Something’s not right with this guy beyond being a petty thief (understatement of the day.)

  7. 429SCJ on January 15th, 2013 4:56 am

    Amen Karen.

  8. troubled on January 15th, 2013 4:35 am

    FOR SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. mnon on January 15th, 2013 3:40 am

    Wow… way to honor your dead mother… Now you can get lap dances for free in jail.

  10. Karen on January 15th, 2013 12:22 am

    What a piece of work this guy is.

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