PADUCAH (WSIL) -- Three teenagers were charged after they stole fireworks from a fireworks stand on Lone Oak Road and injured an employee.
Paducah Police were called just after 5:30 a.m. Monday to a fireworks stand in the parking lot of the former K-Mart store.
An employee and witnesses said that three black males wearing facemasks had entered the tent and took multiple boxes of fireworks, valued around $700. The employee said one of the three knocked him to the ground, causing a cut to his forehead.
The three robbers then ran to a black Volvo parked near a convenience store nearby.
Monday night an officer spotted the Volvo driving and stopped it for having a headlight out. Inside the officer found a large amount of fireworks and three facemasks.
Ke'Shawn Scott, the driver of the car, admitted to the theft and identified two juvenile occupants of the car as also being involved.
Scott was arrested on a charge of first-degree robbery and booked into the McCracken County jail. The two juveniles were cited on charges of first-degree robbery and released to their parents/guardians.
