St. Louis County police said the teens, armed with two AK-47s and a Glock pistol, entered an apartment in the 1400 block of Woodcrest Manor Court about 10:30 p.m. March 26, 2016. They took wallets from at least two people. Police said the AK-47s were later found in a truck that belonged to Cremeens. Police said the teens told officers the guns weren’t loaded.

The men were classmates at their high schools: a Parkway School District spokeswoman in 2016 said Cremeens, Hester, Kebrdle and Petersen attended Parkway West High School, and that James and Perkins attended Parkway South High School.

Lawyers for the defendants have said their clients knew some of the people in the apartment and that the invasion was drug-related; in court in 2016, one of the defense lawyers labeled it a “marijuana heist.”

Lawyers for James and Cremeens declined to comment. Hester’s lawyer, Greg Smith, said Tuesday that he thought the plea deal was the “right outcome” in this case. Perkins’ lawyer Raphael Morris said he also was satisfied with the deal, adding that the victims “lacked credibility” because they were “dabbling in drugs,” and as a result influenced prosecutors to offer plea deals. Other attorneys could not be reached.

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