Two teens arrested, charged with stealing $11,000 worth of merchandise from Clover Park
Clover Park in Port St. Lucie is the spring training home of the New York Mets and the full-time home of the St. Lucie Mets.
Now, it’s also a crime scene.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office released a photo Wednesday afternoon showing some of the merchandise two teenagers are accused of stealing from the park early Saturday morning.
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According to the police incident report, an employee arrived at the park around 7 a.m. and “…noticed the glass on the door of the entrance completely shattered and broken as if somebody used a blunt object to break in.”
The report said detectives checked security video which showed two people, a young man and a young woman, near the entrance to the park around 2 a.m.
They said the video shows the young man using a baseball bat to shatter the front window.
The report said the two people were inside for nearly three hours before the security video shows them walking out wearing brand-new outfits: shirts, pants, hats, and shorts.
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Aside from Mets paraphernalia, the two suspects are also accused of taking a long list of other items including watches, wallets, and jewelry along with two Mets bags to carry everything away.
Detectives said they were able to trace a set of stolen AirPods to a home in Port St. Lucie and said they found a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy at the address.
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The report said the boy confessed to everything, explaining that the girl was hungry so he “…decided to burglarize the Mets training complex to get food for both of them.”
He said while they were inside, they chose to steal merchandise.
The teens are accused of stealing more than $10,000 worth of items.