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Man Charged with Stealing Exclusive Shoes from Former NBA Star Penny Hardaway's Home

Related Topics: Penny Hardaway, Ronald James

A 42-year-old man has been charged with theft of property after allegedly swiping exclusive shoes off the front porch of Memphis men's basketball head coach Penny Hardaway's home on Aug. 8.

Per Megan Fayard of WREG, CBS' Memphis affiliate, Ronald James is accused of stealing 26 pairs of shoes. Hardaway previously told WREG that they were "one-of-a-kind" Foamposites plus a "family and friend exclusive."

Per a police report obtained by ESPN's Myron Medcalf, camera footage showed a man with a shopping cart piled with packages traveling down an East Memphis street close to Hardaway's home.