School Employee And Daughter Arrested Along With 8 Football Players

The news was released today that an employee of Ritta Elementary School, along with her 17 year old daughter, was also arrested in connection with the police investigation that led to the arrests of 33 people in the Knoxville, TN area on Saturday. Bobbie Lou Pickering, who is a bookkeeper for the elementary school, has been placed on leave pending the outcome of her case. The school board also plans an audit of the school’s books in light of the allegations.

The 8 football players who were arrested as part of the investigation were prohibited from playing in the playoff game by school board Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre as a result of their arrests.

I am still not 100% clear about this, but it appears that this was a ring of shoplifters, working together in seperate locations. Pickering either took her daughter along on the shoplifting excursion, or was it the other way around? I don’t know. Either way, if the charges are true, Pickering is one of those low-life, so-called parents who go shoplifting with their kids. It doesn’t matter that the daughter is 17. She is still Bobbie Lou Pickering’s responsibility.

So, the football players are out of the game. Good. Pickering was charged with shoplifting and contributing to the delinquency of a child. Good. Another student, from Gibbs High School, was also charged during the investigation, and has been suspended for a week from all extra curricular activities at the school.

More to come as this store continues to develop. Want to talk about this? Leave a comment below.

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Tags: Bobbie Lou Pickering, football players arrested for shoplifting, Gibbs High School, Jim McIntyre, knoxville shoplifting ring

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