Thieves swipe over 270 'Cheaper by the Dozen' DVDs from W.Va Wal-Mart stores

(AP) These "Cheaper by the Dozen" DVDs were a steal. Thieves swiped more than 270 copies of the 20th Century Fox flick from Wal-Mart stores in Beckley, MacArthur, Summersville, Lewisburg and neighboring Virginia shortly after it was released on DVD in late May, along with 22 copies of "Hollowman 2" and several other random items, said State Police Trooper M.S. Efird.

Efird said the "Cheaper by the Dozen" DVDs alone were worth $6,000.

A man and woman were captured by video surveillance that showed the pair entering the Beckley store and getting a shopping cart and storage container. They were briefly joined by three other people. The man and woman then went to the electronics department, where the man stuffed the DVDs into the storage container, Efird said.

The man talked on a cell phone and then the pair escaped through a rear fire door and climbed into a van, Efird said.

Efird said the entire event lasted less than 20 minutes.

The videotape was not clear enough to provide a good description of any of the suspects, who all appeared to be in their early to mid-20s, Efird said.

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