Three men were charged Wednesday in connection to a November incident where more than $5,000 worth of merchandise was removed from the Best Buy in Cranberry Township.

Larry A. Jackson II, 26, of Pittsburgh, was charged Dec. 1 with two counts of felony theft by Cranberry Township police for his alleged role in the Nov. 21 incident, where multiple laptops and other items were taken from the store at 1000 Cranberry Square Dr.

On Wednesday, Cranberry Township police charged Dion Crawford Jr., 27, Matthew J. Thomas, 23, both of Duquesne, and Clayton R. Murphy Jr., 27, of Braddock, with felonies theft and conspiracy for their alleged role in the incident.

Jackson also was charged by Bethel Park police in Allegheny County on Dec. 1 with felonies theft and criminal conspiracy, as well as several traffic citations, for a similar incident.

Crawford, Emmitt Bell-Young and Jordan Shine are also facing charges by Bethel Park police for the alleged theft in Allegheny County.

Police said around 7:04 p.m. on Nov. 21, Jackson, Thomas, Crawford and Murphy pulled into the parking lot of the Cranberry Township Best Buy in a Kia Sorento SUV. Jackson later was identified as the driver, and Crawford identified as the vehicle owner.

Police said upon entering the store, Thomas placed 10 laptops, two tablets, a printer and a Blu-ray movie disc player into a shopping cart. Police said Jackson added a tablet to that cart, making the amount of merchandise accumulated equal to $6,225 in value.

Jackson and Thomas, who was pushing the cart, exited the store without paying for the merchandise at 7:15 p.m., according to charging documents.

Murphy and Crawford approached employees as they were alerted to Thomas and Jackson leaving the store and attempted to distract them with questions about cellphones.

Police said Jackson started the group’s vehicle and waited for Thomas. Then, several of the laptops fell off the cart and onto the pavement. Jackson moved the vehicle further away in the lot two times as Thomas reloaded the laptops.

Thomas was then confronted by a Best Buy employee, and police said Jackson drove away from the store, fleeing the scene.

According to the affidavit, Thomas surrendered the items to the Best Buy employee.