The Polk County Sheriff's Office said eight teens from Pennsylvania were arrested after allegedly stealing over $2,000 worth of merchandise from Dick's Sporting Goods in Davenport.

On Saturday, Dec. 6, around 11 a.m., deputies responded to reports of retail theft in progress at Dick's Sporting Goods in Posner Plaza. The store manager contacted authorities after seeing multiple teens concealing merchandise. When deputies arrived, they detained all eight suspects.

According to PCSO, deputies reviewed surveillance video and saw the two groups of suspects entered the store separately and then acted together to commit theft. One group entered Dick's and walked around, looking at merchandise.

The second group then entered the store and one of the suspects made a purchase. The second group the

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