Four Jefferson City residents have been charged with taking merchandise while working at K-Mart on Missouri Boulevard.
Kayla Parks, 18, Kennette Wair, 23, and Kenisha Brandt, 18, are each charged with one count of felony receiving stolen property.
Brandon Normal, 18, is charged with one count of misdemeanor theft.
Jefferson City police allege the four took merchandise in December through various means such as merchandise overriding, failing to run up purchases and taking items out with paying for them.
As a group, the four took more than $4,400 from the business, police said.
According to police, Parks admitted to taking part in the thefts for about a month, but stopped when "it was getting out of hand." She took $764 in merchandise. Wair also admitted to being a part of the group, saying she took items for about a month. Authorities said she took $2,287 in merchandise. She also has a prior theft conviction in 2013. Brandt took $1,127 in merchandise and Normal took $234.