Police arrested a suspect Thursday within the theft of unique sneakers from the house of Memphis males’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway.
Ronald James, 42, was charged with theft of property, Memphis police spokesman Officer Joseph Hibler instructed ESPN.
Per a Memphis police report obtained by ESPN, a person was captured on digital camera earlier this month swiping the merchandise and pushing bins on a procuring cart close to Hardaway’s $4.25 million house.
This week, police launched images of the suspect on-line and requested anybody who acknowledged him to contact them. Hibler didn’t say whether or not a tip had led to James’s arrest.
Hardaway instructed Memphis TV station WREG this week that 26 pairs of “one-of-kind” Foamposite sneakers had been taken from his house.
Nike’s Foamposite line, made well-known by Hardaway when he starred for the Orlando Magic within the Nineties, remains to be widespread in the present day. Hardaway and Nike nonetheless have a profitable partnership years after the previous NBA All-Star final performed within the league.
Final yr, Nike launched the Nike Air Max Penny 1 Lester Center College editions to honor Hardaway’s Memphis center faculty.
It is unclear when James may have his first courtroom look associated to the theft, and his bond has not been set. Police didn’t say whether or not they had retrieved the merchandise.