Police respond after men take items from store shelves then return them for credit

Myrtle Beach police are searching for two men after they received hundreds of dollars from Home Depot after returning items that were never paid for, according to police reports.

Officers were called about 2 p.m. Tuesday to the Home Depot at 951 Oak Forest Lane in reference to men taking merchandise from store shelves, and then taking the items to the return counter for cash on a store credit card, authorities said.

A 37-year-old store employee told police that he saw a man enter the store through the lumber-section entrance and select several items from store shelves and put them in his cart.

The man then pushed the cart toward the return counter and called another man over, who took the items to the counter for the return and got a refund for the items, which totaled to more than $500, police said.

Authorities said one of the men was also seen in the store April 21, at which time he took five rolls of poultry net and four rolls of cloth from store shelves, and then took the items to the return counter.

Police said the man got more than $400 for the merchandise, which was never paid for, at that time.

Authorities have obtained copies of surveillance footage and are seeking arrest warrants in connection with the incidents on charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses.

Police had not yet made arrests in connection with the incident as of Thursday morning.

This story was originally published April 30, 2015 at 11:10 AM with the headline "Police respond after men take items from store shelves then return them for credit."