Myrtle Beach S.C. Dec. 15, 2007 Police are investigating the theft of more than $3,000 worth of merchandise at a Seaboard Street store for the second time in less than a month.
An employee at Circuit City on Tuesday told police he stopped a woman from stealing nearly $3,000 of merchandise, according to a report from the Myrtle Beach Police Department.
On Nov. 24, a man successfully stole a pair of large televisions valued at $2,059.24 from the store.
In Tuesday's incident, a would-be shoplifter wasn't so lucky. A woman attempted to exit the store with a shopping cart full of video games and video equipment. The cart was covered with spider wrap, police said.
When she exited, the store's security alarm sounded.
The 56-year-old employee chased the woman to her vehicle.
The worker told police a man sitting in the vehicle yelled for the woman to get in.
"There was a male supposedly sitting there with the trunk up," said Myrtle Beach police spokesman Capt. David Knipes. "When the female came out running with the stuff, he took off running toward Home Depot."
Police said the woman then jumped into the driver's seat. As the store employee was writing down the vehicle's license plate number, the woman bumped into him.
The employee, who said he suffered an injury to his hip, told police that when he walked to the side of the vehicle, the woman pulled out of the parking space.
Knipes said the woman picked up the man nearby and they fled.
The merchandise - which consisted of 10 Playstation 2 video game consoles, 22 video games and 6 Xbox video game controllers - was returned to the store.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Knipes said the vehicle had not been located by police.
Myrtle Beach Police obtained a copy of the store's video surveillance from the most recent incident and are investigating.
Knipes said the woman, if caught, could be charged with aggravated assault with a high and aggravated nature and grand larceny.
The earlier theft remains under investigation, he said. Chuck Simonson, an operations manager for Circuit City in Myrtle Beach, deferred all questions to Circuit City's corporate office in Richmond, Va.
A public relations spokesperson there had no comment.
An employee at Circuit City on Tuesday told police he stopped a woman from stealing nearly $3,000 of merchandise, according to a report from the Myrtle Beach Police Department.
On Nov. 24, a man successfully stole a pair of large televisions valued at $2,059.24 from the store.
In Tuesday's incident, a would-be shoplifter wasn't so lucky. A woman attempted to exit the store with a shopping cart full of video games and video equipment. The cart was covered with spider wrap, police said.
When she exited, the store's security alarm sounded.
The 56-year-old employee chased the woman to her vehicle.
The worker told police a man sitting in the vehicle yelled for the woman to get in.
"There was a male supposedly sitting there with the trunk up," said Myrtle Beach police spokesman Capt. David Knipes. "When the female came out running with the stuff, he took off running toward Home Depot."
Police said the woman then jumped into the driver's seat. As the store employee was writing down the vehicle's license plate number, the woman bumped into him.
The employee, who said he suffered an injury to his hip, told police that when he walked to the side of the vehicle, the woman pulled out of the parking space.
Knipes said the woman picked up the man nearby and they fled.
The merchandise - which consisted of 10 Playstation 2 video game consoles, 22 video games and 6 Xbox video game controllers - was returned to the store.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Knipes said the vehicle had not been located by police.
Myrtle Beach Police obtained a copy of the store's video surveillance from the most recent incident and are investigating.
Knipes said the woman, if caught, could be charged with aggravated assault with a high and aggravated nature and grand larceny.
The earlier theft remains under investigation, he said. Chuck Simonson, an operations manager for Circuit City in Myrtle Beach, deferred all questions to Circuit City's corporate office in Richmond, Va.
A public relations spokesperson there had no comment.
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