A 20-year-old man will do 30 days in jail for helping stuff an empty toaster box with more than $1,200 in DVDs, CDs and video games, then only paying the toaster's price.
Thomas Carney pleaded guilty to second-degree theft. He has six days credit toward his jail time.
Carney and Tyler Benjamin Adams, 21, reportedly went into the Richland Walmart on Jan. 7 and walked through the store picking out the movies, music and games, court documents said. Loss prevention officers watched as they placed the merchandise under a comforter in their shopping cart, documents said.
Prosecutors allege that the men then got a new toaster and removed it from the box. They put the toaster back on the store shelf and filled the box with the other items, according to court documents.
The comforter was returned to a display shelf, then the men sealed the box and paid for the toaster at a cash register, along with some snacks, documents said.
Loss prevention officers stopped them in the parking lot for the theft of 33 items totaling $1,218.56.
Adams faces a March 22 trial for the same charge.
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