Eight people, including a police sergeant, were charged in a scheme to create fake records that would allow high school football athletes to play for a high school outside their residential boundaries, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced.
Sgt. Robert Vega, who turned himself in on Wednesday, has been charged with perjury and grand theft, according to WPTV. He and his brother, Assistant Chief William Vega Jr., were attempting to illegally recruit students to play for the team on which they served as volunteer coaches, Martin County High School (Fla.).
