Two Florida teenagers were arrested as one posed as an officer and arrested the other trying to shoplift at a Walmart. The 17-year-old came into the store showing a gun and badge and placed the 14-year-old under arrest. The teens then when outside where the “officer” removed the handcuffs from the “shoplifter.” It was then that officials called 911. Click below to read more.
Two Florida teenagers were arrested this week, police tell WPBF, after a 17-year-old allegedly walked into a Port St. Lucie Walmart, brandished a gun and police badge and placed his 14-year-old shoplifting friend in handcuffs.
A store employee followed the teens outside and saw them removing the handcuffs before calling 911.
Port St. Lucie police caught the teens in a nearby plaza, where they found a pellet gun and toy handcuffs in a bush, WPBF reports.
Police say the fake arrest was a scheme on Labor Day to steal from the store. One of the teens was allegedly found with several packs of Yu-Gi-Oh playing cards.
Both teens were charged with shoplifting and resisting arrest without violence, while the older teen had an additional charge of impersonating a police officer.
