The Cobb County children who were the victims of a poolside theft told a national TV show Friday they thought they could trust the cheerleader who allegedly took their money, but her “sweet” demeanor was “just an act.”
Sidney Green, one of the girls who organized a fundraising sale for her dad’s business, said Chelsea Alexa Steele pretended she wanted to buy a cap or T-shirt from the girls. She held a $20 bill out to the girls, then quickly snatched it back and grabbed a cash box containing $147, Sidney said.
Steele, 17, a cheerleader at Sprayberry High, had been incarcerated at the Cobb County jail since Saturday, when she was arrested on charges of robbery and underage possession of alcohol. She was released on bond Wednesday.
Sidney’s dad, Joe Green, who appeared with the girls on NBC’s “Today,” said “not in my wildest dreams” would he have expected such an incident in East Cobb, where serious crime is a rarity.
He said he was unsure if he wanted to see Steele prosecuted.
“It’s a tough decision,” he said. “I want her to learn a lesson from this.”
The girls said their faith in people had been shaken but was restored when a man who had heard about the incident came by and gave them $200 to compensate for the stolen money.
Police say Steele fled the St. Charles Square subdivision with three other teenage girls in a white Ford Taurus. Investigators this week identified the three girls who were in the car with Steele. They interviewed the teens but have not decided whether to file charges.
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FRIDAY PM UPDATE: Rhonda Cook and Joel Provano of the AJC reveal that the Cobb County Police Department is going to revisit the case.
Cobb County police are re-evaluating some of the information provided by three Cobb County teenagers in the case involving a high school cheerleader who allegedly took money two girls had raised to help their father.
Sgt. Dana Pierce of the Cobb County Police Department said Friday other concerns had come up during interviews, and detectives planned to “go back and re-interview” some people, including the three friends of 17-year-old Chelsea Alexa Steele.
“It’s going to be revisited,” Pierce said.
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