Employees at a FedEx Ground facility in Hutchins were arrested this week after two package handlers were accused of stealing nearly $50,000 in cellphones and paying a manager and security guard to ignore the crimes.

Wade Hal (Dallas County Jail)

Officers were called to the company Wednesday night after a manager said he wanted to monitor two employees he suspected of stealing items shipped through FedEx, according to warrants.

The employees, 47-year-old Larry Poole and 58-year-old Wade Hal, were expected to arrive at the facility at 11 p.m. When they arrived, the manager and a team of security guards watched through a security camera as the duo unloaded trailers at the business, the warrants state.

Poole and Hal removed phones from packages that were shipped to the facility and placed them in two backpacks, according to the warrants.

The duo was suspected of paying a manager, 31-year-old Anthony Edison, and a security guard, 33-year-old Ricky Lacy, to "turn their face the other way" during the crime, the documents state.

Officers confronted Poole and Hal and discovered they had 94 cellphones and an Apple Watch, according to the warrants. The items were valued at $48,390.

Larry Poole (Dallas County Jail)

Hal admitted to stealing the phone, but told officers he was instructed and paid to do so by Poole, the warrants states. Poole denied being involved, but the warrants state he was seen wearing one of the backpacks used in the theft earlier that day.

Edison admitted to allowing the thefts to occur and said Poole paid him. Lacy, the security guard, said Poole paid him $100 each week to ignore the crime, according to the warrants. He said this happened every other day.

Hal and Poole were charged with theft of property worth at least $30,000 but less than $150,000, a third-degree felony. Hal, Poole, Edison and Lacy were all charged with engaging in organized criminal activity.