Five teenagers and a coach visiting the Orlando area for an AAU basketball tournament were arrested after investigators say the teens stole items from a Polk County convenience store and their coach lied to detectives during the investigation.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said five teenagers on an AAU basketball team were arrested for allegedly stealing from a 7-Eleven in Davenport. He said the coach was also arrested after denying knowing two of the players that were arrested.
Five teenage basketball players from the Washington, D.C., area are accused of stealing from a Florida 7-Eleven — and their coach lied to protect some of them, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said . The accused teens — all between 16 and 17 years old and hailing from Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Five teen basketball players from the D.C. area along with their 27-year-old coach were arrested in Polk County, Florida, after an alleged convenience store theft.
Florida authorities said they arrested a D.C. basketball coach and five of his teenage athletes after the youths were accused of stealing from a mini-mart while visiting Polk County for a tournament.
