HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. – An attempt to roll a shopping cart filled with four flat screen television sets out of a Walmart store has proved unsuccessful for two Mississippi men now jailed in Arkansas.

The Sunday night shoplifting scheme was stopped by the quick thinking of an off-duty Helena-West Helena Police Department (H-WHPD) officer, according to a news release issued Thursday.

Police say it happened around 8:20 p.m., when most of the city’s patrol officers were working an armed robbery at a gas station (click here for that story).

Walmart employees called 911 to report that four black males were pushing the cart with the TV’s inside.

The release states that the policewoman saw the incident taking place as she was leaving the store, saw the suspects drive off in a white Chevrolet then called it in.

The suspects left West Helena and entered into Helena where additional units were able to pullover the vehicle on Biscoe Street.

Police say two black males jumped out of the car and ran away while the other two suspects were caught inside the vehicle. Officers recovered the stolen Walmart items, valued at about $1,500 and returned them to the store.

The suspects are identified as Sheldon Lee and Timothy Franklin. Both are being held on $25,000 bond.