Eight Philly teens are back home after being charged with felonies in Florida for stealing more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from a Dick’s Sporting Goods over the weekend. The teens were in Polk County, Florida, for a youth football championship game, when they allegedly walked into the st ore in Davenport and tried to get away with stealing dozens of items. One of their coaches, Raekwon Bynes, spoke exclusively with NBC10 Investigators on Tuesday and explained what happened. Bynes has been the offensive coordinator for the Olney-based United Thoroughbreds for six years, said the teens have to face the consequences for their actions. “We strive on discipline, prayer and schoolwork too,” Bynes said. Bynes said he went to go wake the boys up for prayer when he found that eight of them were not in their beds. “I got a phone call simultaneously saying that, ‘Hey coach, can you come get us from from Dick Sporting Goods?’ And when I got there, that’s when I found out everything that was going on,” Bynes recalled. Polk County Sheriff deputies had taken the teens into custody and were accusing them of stealing more than $2,000 in sports merchandise from the local store. The Polk County Sheriff, Grady Judd, released surveillance video that allegedly shows the teens stealing from the store. “They stole, and they stole, and they stole, and they stole, and they stole,” Judd said at a press conference. “Yeah. How do you like that? This is everything that they stole.” Bynes said he was disappointed with the teens’ actions and asked the deputies and store owner not to press charges, but the teens now face felony retail theft charges. “I just hope that they take this as a lesson learned, you know, and realize that like actions have consequences and actions also affect not just you but those around you,” Bynes said. The teens arrested were not able to play in the championship set for that Saturday night, which the Thoroughbreds ended up losing. After the game, Bynes and the other coaches drove their players back to Philly. “They didn’t really share much with me. Just because, like again, when a kid is knows that he did wrong, they’re disappointing themselves and they can’t, you can’t, even really look at me in my face, really,” Bynes said. It’s unclear when the teens will have a court date next in Florida. NBC10 reached out to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, but have not heard back. Bynes said the teens arrested are no longer on the team because they both aged out and also as a consequence of their actions. ...read more read less