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Eight Philadelphia teens, 14 -15, named and shamed publicly by sheriff after allegedly, robbing Dick’s Sporting Goods store while attending youth football tournament in Florida

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db16742b3d78a42db92181336bdc1f3e" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Philadelphia teenagers accused of robbing a Dick&&num;8217&semi;s Sporting Goods store in Florida while attending a football tournament identified to public by a Florida sheriff <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-04ec0feb0178db280882b1291684b72c" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said their alleged spree cost their team the championship game after their arrests meant they missed the showdown<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95b6144f73b7b1e44dc3702ee672e0a6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Sheriff Judd&comma; displaying a montage of the juvenile suspects&comma; mocked the teenagers at the press conference announcing their arrests&comma; <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c567eafb5e0afaa01ba5a27169404347" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Suspects were taken to a juvenile detention center in Florida&comma; each facing two felony charges of retail theft over &dollar;750 and conspiracy to commit retail theft <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e04cbf3d0beaaf49dff989a98d6894b" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>While they were in jail&comma; their team lost the championship game with a lop-sided score of 26-6 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2bea2f0009b1bfc51a368befed9bfbaf" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Juveniles&comma; none of whom had prior criminal records&comma; were released from custody&comma; but they are required to go back to Florida to face charges<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Eight-teens-were-taken-to-a-juvenile-detention-center-in-Florida-after-robbing-a-Dicks-Sporting-Goods-store-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-490327" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Authorities made public the identities of eight shop lifting suspects&comma; all members of a youth football team&comma; 14 and 15&comma; detained in Polk County&comma; Florida and now facing two felonies eachfor retail theft over &dollar;750 and conspiracy to commit retail theft<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A group of juveniles from Philadelphia&comma; all between the ages of 14 to 15 years &&num;8211&semi; accused of robbing a Dick&&num;8217&semi;s Sporting Goods store in Florida while attending a youth sports tournament&comma; have been publicly named and shamed by a no-nonsense sheriff in Seminole County&comma; Florida&period;<br>Members of the eight-strong mob were arrested and hit with felony charges after their alleged December 6&comma; mass shop lifting spree in Davenport&period;<br>The teenagers are members of the United Thoroughbreds football team from Philadelphia and were in Davenport to face the Coco Tigers team for the Prolifix Sportz National Championship&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Eight-Philadelphia-teenagers-seen-ransacking-a-Dicks-Sporting-Goods-in-Florida&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-490328" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Surveillance footage captured the moment eight teenagers from Philadelphia&comma; allegedly ransacked a Dick&&num;8217&semi;s Sporting Goods in davenport&comma; Florida&comma; while visiting the state for their youth championship game<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The youths were arrested at the store and will need to travel back to Florida from Philadelphia to face felony charges&period; While they were in jail&comma; their team lost the championship game 26-6&period;<br>Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd mocked the gang at a press conference on Monday&comma; saying their alleged spree cost their team the championship game after their arrests meant they missed the crucial game&period; <br>Attributing their lopsided loss&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t know if these were starters or not&comma; but we were finishers&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Judd said at the press conference&period; <br>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also took aim at the suspects on X&comma; sharing footage of Judd&&num;8217&semi;s press conference with the caption&colon; &&num;8216&semi;They picked the wrong state — and the wrong county&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Polk-County-Sheriff-Grady-Judd-with-photo-montage-of-eight-juveniles-in-detention-for-robbery-in-Florida-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-490335" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; displaying a montage of the juvenile suspects&comma; mocked the teenagers at the press conference announcing their arrests&period; Their alleged theft spree may have caused their team to lose the championship&comma; Judd said<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At the press conference&comma; Judd named the juveniles&comma; all aged between 14 and 15&comma; as Daimon Johnson&comma; Elijah Myers&comma; Ibm-Mahdee Abdul-Haqq&comma; Jacob Smith&comma; Marcus Hudgens&comma; Mark Bryan&comma; Tymir Smith and Tymir Speller&period; <br>The suspects accused of stealing a total of 47 items worth more than &dollar;2&comma;200&comma; according to Sheriff Judd&comma; &&num;8216&semi;systematically&&num;8217&semi; swept the store by splitting into two groups&period; <br>The group allegedly&comma; targeted goods by having one teenager legitimately buy an item while the others looked for products to swipe&period; <br>The youngster who purchased an item then met the others inside&comma; who stuffed a Dick&&num;8217&semi;s store bag with stolen merchandise in hopes of sneaking it out of the store&comma; authorities said&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;They stole&comma; and they stole&comma; and they stole&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the sheriff repeated as he showed a list of the items that were allegedly stolen&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Polk-County-Sheriff-Grady-Judd-with-list-of-merchandise-stolen-by-juveniles-robbery-suspects-in-Florida-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-490336" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that the teens stole 47 items worth more than &dollar;2&comma;200&comma; and their arrests meant they missed the championship game hours later&period; While they were in jail&comma; their team lost the championship game with a lop-sided score of 26-6 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> &&num;8216&semi;Not only did they steal&comma; but ostensibly they may have cost their team the championship&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Judd said&period;<br> Store employees watched the alleged thefts unfold on surveillance cameras while the teenagers appeared to believe they had gotten away with it&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Guess what&&num;8230&semi; you can&&num;8217&semi;t go anyplace&comma; anytime that you&&num;8217&semi;re not on camera&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Judd said&period; <br>Surveillance footage showed the group moving around the store during the alleged theft&comma; and they were seen placing items into bags&comma; including hoodies&comma; football gloves and lip guards&period; <br>Judd said that when the teenagers were arrested at the store&comma; their football coach raced to the scene in a futile attempt to convince officers not to take the youths into custody&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Prolifix-Sportz-National-Championship-game-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-490340" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The suspects were members of Philadelphia&&num;8217&semi;s United Thoroughbreds team&comma; in town for the Prolifix Sportz National Championship game&period; Florida&&num;8217&semi;s Coco Tigers celebrate after victory &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; after hammering <strong>Philly 26-6 in the championship game <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sheriff Judd said deputies were not impressed that the coach tried to &&num;8216&semi;beg them out of it instead of holding them accountable&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>&&num;8216&semi;They were not taking bubble gum&comma; one piece to chew&period; They stole over &dollar;2&comma;000 worth of products&comma; over 47 different products&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he added&period; <br>The championship game was held hours after the arrests&period; Their team lost&comma; heavily&period; &&num;8216&semi;They let the team down&period; What about the rest of the kids on the team&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the sheriff continued&period; <br>None of the teens had prior criminal records&comma; but all eight teens were taken to a juvenile detention center in Florida and now face two felonies each for retail theft over &dollar;750 and conspiracy to commit retail theft&period;  <br>Later released from custody&comma; the teenagers are required to go back to the Florida to face charges&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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