Cobb County cheerleader robs child for cash

A Sprayberry High School cheerleader is in custody after police say she robbed a child at a pool party.

Chelsea Steele, 17, was arrested after she stole a box containing $147 from a wheelchair-confined child who was selling T-shirts and hats at a neighborhood pool on Sandy Plains Road in Marietta on July 3, according to the warrant report.

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Chelsea Steele, 17, was arrested after she stole a box containing $147 from a wheelchair-confined child who was selling T-shirts and hats at a neighborhood pool, according to police.

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After taking the cash, Steele fled the St. Charles Square Subdivision in a white Ford Taurus with three other girls, said Cobb County Police Spokesman Joe Hernandez.

Steele has been in Cobb County Jail since July 4 on felony charges of robbery and a misdemeanor charge of underage possession of alcohol.

The names of the other girls have not been released because of their age. Charges against them are pending, he said.

Steele is listed as a varsity sport cheerleader on Sprayberry High’s Website.

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