The trip to Florida was supposed to end with a trophy, not handcuffs.
Instead, eight teenagers from Philadelphia’s United Thoroughbreds youth football program wound up in a juvenile detention center, facing felony charges and becoming the subject of a viral press conference about what happens when you try to steal in Polk County, Florida.
NBC10 reporter Matt DeLucia says the boys, all 14 and 15 years old, were in Polk County for a youth football championship when deputies say they turned a Dick’s Sporting Goods run into an organized shoplifting spree worth more than $2,000 in sports gear…