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Two Walmart shoppers accused of stealing 29 items worth $493.72 using ‘cooler’ trick

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TWO alleged shoplifters were arrested for stealing nearly $500 worth of items from Walmart using a cooler.

Angel Dean and April Renshaw have been accused of putting the stolen goods inside a cooler and then failing to scan the items at self-checkout.

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Angel Dean was arrested alongside another alleged shoplifter for stealing nearly $500 worth of items from Walmart using a coolerCredit: Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office
April Renshaw was accused of acting as a lookout while Dean allegedly concealed the stolen goods

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April Renshaw was accused of acting as a lookout while Dean allegedly concealed the stolen goodsCredit: Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office

Police were sent to a Walmart in Evansville, Indiana on Saturday after receiving a report of two detained shoplifters.

A Walmart associate told police that the alleged thieves were inside the store, trying to hide items in a cooler.

The employee said that Dean concealed the stolen goods as Renshaw acted as a lookout, according to an affidavit obtained by local NBC affiliate WFIE.

The pair then allegedly went to a self-checkout machine and did not remove the items from the cooler to be scanned, police say.

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When Dean and Renshaw passed the last point of sale, the Walmart worker said he intervened, according to authorities.

The worker then reportedly had the two follow him to the store’s asset protection office.

Dean and Renshaw stole 29 items worth a total of $493.72, the affidavit says.

According to officials, the two of them both have a prior conviction of conversion, the outlet reports.

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Dean and Renshaw were booked into the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center on shoplifting charges, police say.

HOME DEPOT ‘FISHING’ THIEF

Walmart is not the only retailer to have issues with retail crime.

Cops are currently looking for a suspected thief after he allegedly stole almost $6,000 worth of items from a Home Depot in Vineland, New Jersey.

State police say the man used someone else’s identity and credit card information for a $5,889.32 purchase at the store on May 22.

He was pictured wearing a long-sleeve shirt that said Fintech Performance – Fishing Division on it.

The man was seen leaving the store in a U-Haul cargo van, local radio station WPUR reports.

Police are hoping to get tips on the man as he is wanted for identity theft and credit card theft.

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Walmart among other large retailers have had an increase in retail crimeCredit: Getty

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