Alleging that they picked up a computer system from layaway, two men reportedly fled Wal-Mart Supercenter Monday morning with the $1,248 item.

However, after loading the system into the trunk of their car, Brian David Krull, 32, of Knox, and Jeff Glenn Patterson, 49, of South Bend, only got a few miles west on U.S. 30 from the store before being apprehended by police.

A Wal-Mart employee notified Warsaw police of the theft at 10:31 a.m. According to in-store surveillance video, one of the men reportedly placed the computer system in a cart inside the store. He then walked out past a greeter, who asked to see the receipt for the item. The man told the female employee that he just picked the item up from layaway and that he wasn't given a receipt. He then allegedly ran from the store, still pushing the cart.

A parking lot surveillance video shows the men loading the large box containing the computer into a light-colored car. That description was passed on to police, who located the vehicle on U.S. 30, near CR 500W.

The men told police they picked up the computer for a man named John Smith and were taking it to him because he was traveling by motorcycle and couldn't transport it. They couldn't provide an address for Smith or a receipt for the computer.

Krull is charged with theft, receiving stolen property, driving while suspended and making a false police report. Patterson was charged with theft. Both are being held in the Kosciusko County Jail on $2,000 bond. [[In-content Ad]]