"'Jesus' would pay my bill", says a woman jailed for refusing to pay her restaurant bill

April Lee Yates

After spending four hours at a Myrtle Beach seafood buffet, 51-year-old April Lee Yates was asked to leave after causing a disturbance. Things however cranked up a notch when Yates was asked to pay for her dinner but refused. The Myrtle Beach police officers were called to the restaurant in reference to a patron being unwilling to pay her $26 bill. When Yates was asked to pick up her tab, she however told the police that ‘Jesus’ would pay the bill. When the officer asked Yates if she had any money to pay, Yates said she did not. The officer then asked Yates what she planned to do with the bill when it came, and Yates explained that “Jesus” was going to pay her tab.
Yates was arrested for defrauding a restaurant and booked into the Myrtle Beach jail after police said she went there knowing she couldn’t pay her tab.