HASTINGS, MI - State police are seeking help identifying a couple suspected of stealing nearly $600 in merchandise from a Walmart store.

The theft occurred around 4 p.m. Sunday, July 2, at the store on M-43 near Hastings.

The couple loaded a cart full of items, including beer, steaks, a kayak paddle, clothes, a U.S. flag, "like they were having a party," state police Trooper Shay Wresinski said.

Police said the woman went to a checkout lane, bagged the groceries and put them in the cart. The man left with the cart while she finished checking out. She swiped a credit card but it was denied.

She told a worker she was going to get another card but did not return, police said.

The declined card expired months ago, Wresinski said.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 269-792-2213.