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By Yolanda Jones of The Commercial Appeal

A 28-year-old man has been arrested after he was accused of stealing $600,000 worth of video games from the warehouse where he worked, Memphis police said.

Barry Hicks has been charged with theft of property over $250,000. He is accused of stealing 600 pre-release Madden 17 and NBA 2K17 video games from the Technicolor warehouse at 4155 E. Holmes Road.

On Aug. 26, Memphis police were contacted by Technicolor’s director of security about the thefts. According to the arrest affidavit, the security director told police that between Aug. 14 and Aug. 30, 600 of the video games valued at $1,000 each had been stolen from the receiving docks at the company.

Police reviewed the security video and saw an employee move the box of video games from the receiving dock to an unknown location in the warehouse. The box was later found empty and sealed in another part of the warehouse.

Investigators said on Aug. 31, they recovered 13 of the NBA 2K17 games from a man who worked at the McDonald’s on Poplar Avenue. The man told police that he had 58 of the games to sell, according to the affidavit. The man told police that he received the games from Hicks and they planned to split the profit.

Police said that Hicks works the same shift as the other warehouse employee who was seen on surveillance moving the box of video games.

The recovered games were wrapped in paper that had “regarding health screening” and Hicks’ name written on the bottom, police said.

Hicks remains in jail on a $150,000 bond. The other two men have not been charged.