A group of eight Philly teenagers who were in Polk County, Florida, to play a youth football championship game were arrested for stealing more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from a Dick's Sporting Goods, law enforcement said on Monday.

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the eight teenagers, who were all between the ages of 14 and 15 and played for Philly's United Thoroughbreds, entered a Dick's Sporting Goods at Posner Plaza in Davenport at around 10:55 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.

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While inside, one of the teens went and bought something at the register as the others went looking around the store, the Sheriff's office said.

The teen who purchased something then went and met with the se

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