GAINESVILLE —

Florida basketball players Erik Murphy and Cody Larson were arrested early Sunday morning in St. Augustine.

Murphy, 20, and Larson, 19, were each charged with one felony count of third-degree burglary and booked at the St. Johns County Jail around 4 a.m. on Sunday.

Both paid a $5,000 bond and were released.

Josh Adel, one of Florida’s team managers, was also arrested with Murphy and Larson. Adel, 21, also bonded out of St. Johns County Jail and was charged with principal to burglary.

According to St. Augustine Police, the three were at Scarlett O’Hara’s, a bar, around closing time and standing near an employee who was counting cash. After a bouncer asked them to leave, Murphy and Larson allegedly tried to break into the car of one of the bar’s employee’s at the parking lot. Police said Adel was the lookout.

The three ran after employees confronted them. Sgt. Jason Etheredge said Adel was apprehended about a block later. Police officers convinced Adel to call Murphy, who walked back to where the police were and was handcuffed.

In the back of the police cruiser, Adel received several phone calls from Larson, Etheredge said. A tape recorder in the vehicle recorded the conversation between the three as Larson was on speaker phone with Murphy and Adel.

“The third guy, Cody, calls Joshua, probably seven or eight times while they're in the back of the car and they're discussing how they're going to get out of it, pretty much burying themselves,” Etheredge said. “Cody, after about seven or eight phone calls, the other two said, ‘Hey man, you gotta turn yourself in.’

“It seems like they just did something stupid and got caught.”

Murphy, a sophomore forward from South Kingstown, R.I., averaged 10.8 minutes, 4.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for Florida this season.

Larson, a freshman forward from Sioux Falls, S.D., redshirted this season.

Larson received a 120-day suspended jail sentence and two years’ probation in May after facing a charge earlier that month for an incident of prescription drug use at his home in South Dakota.

He was required to volunteer three nights a week before coming to Florida, complete counseling and return home next year to speak to high school students about how he learned from his legal issues.

Larson was suspended by the Roosevelt High basketball team in February after he allegedly facilitated the use of hydrocodone, a pain-killing drug, in his home.

A Florida spokesman could not be reached for comment late Sunday night.