A Tobyhanna man allegedly stole computers and other items from the Mahoning Township Walmart Supercenter in two separate incidents within the past month.

Two other individuals, both also from Tobyhanna, are charged with each participating in one of the heists.* Luis Daniel Gonzalez-Trujillo, 24, was charged with stealing merchandise on Aug. 19 and Sept. 5.A hearing was scheduled yesterday for the Sept. 5 charges. It was continued until Sept. 26 after Mahoning Township police officer Audie Mertz charged him with the Aug. 19 thefts. He was arraigned by District Judge Edward Lewis on the new charges.* Roberto Rodriguez Otero, 33, was charged with stealing items from Walmart on Aug. 19. He, too, was scheduled for a hearing before Judge Lewis of Jim Thorpe yesterday, but the hearing was continued because he had no legal representation.* Silca Hernandez-Fernandi, 33, was charged with involvement in the Sept. 5 thefts. She was arrested by Mahoning police while attending yesterday's planned hearings for the two men and immediately arraigned before Judge Lewis.The three individuals face charges of retail theft and criminal conspiracy. Gonzalez-Trujillo also has been charged with possession of heroin and possession of a small amount of marijuana from the Sept. 5 event.All are free on $10,000 unsecured bail.On Aug. 19, Gonzalez-Trujillo and Hernandez-Fernandi allegedly stole $5,690 worth of merchandise from the Mahoning Walmart during their 4:21 a.m. visit to the store.On Sept. 5, Gonzalez-Trujillo and Rodriguez Otero are accused of taking about $3,000 in goods from Walmart in an incident which occurred at about 3 a.m.Gonzalez-Trujillo and Otero were apprehended by Mahoning Township police officer Amie L. Barclay on Sept. 5 while they were pumping gasoline. She had spotted them driving on Route 443 after they allegedly committed the thefts.The affidavit for the Aug. 19 event states that Silca and Gonzalez-Trujillo arrived at the store in a Silver Jeep Patriot, with Hendandez-Fernadi being the driver. They entered the store together via the grocery entrance.They proceeded to place merchandise in a storage container they had in a shopping cart, the affidavit says. Gonzalez-Trujillo also allegedly placed merchandise into his hoodie pocket.They allegedly left the store after about 40 minutes.They re-entered the store and remained in it for another half hour before leaving without making any purchases, says the affidavit. Officer Mertz states in the court document that when Silca left the store, "there is a noticeable bulge in her purse which was not there upon initial entry to the store."On Aug. 29, Hernandez-Fernandi and Gonzalez-Trujillo revisited the store at about 6:06 a.m., the affidavit says. When the woman left 20 minutes later, her purse was bulging, police allege. She left the store about 20 minutes before Gonzalez-Trujillo. Neither had made a purchase.Both were arrested on Sept. 5. When he was arrested, Mertz said Gonzalez-Trujillo volunteered a statement to fund his drug habit of marijuana and heroin. He also told police that Hernandez-Fernandi had stolen items with him, according to the affidavit.Hernandez-Fernandi denied her involvement, police said, telling them that the co-defendant possibly placed the items in her purse.The affidavit for the Sept. 5 thefts state that at about 2:57 a.m., Barclay was dispatched to Walmart because Gonzalez-Trujillo was in the store "and it appeared he was concealing items under his jacket/hoodie." He had arrived in a Jeep Patriot.With him was Rodriguez Otero.Twenty minutes later, Barclay was informed that the two men left the store.Barclay writes in the affidavit, "I immediately went to the area of Rt. 443 in an attempt to make contact with the vehicle. While traveling west on Rt. 443, I passed the suspect vehicle in the area of Rt. 443 and Mahoning Mountain Road."I turned around and attempted to catch up with the vehicle. As I approached the vehicle it turned into the Fastfill Gas Station."She states she placed the occupants under arrest while one was pumping gas.While patting down Gonzalez-Trujillo, she found "a green leafy substance."Barclay says in the affidavit that inside the vehicle were a car stereo, two Stanley knives, a German navigation system, and a container with white powder. In the glove compartment were other suspected drug related items, including heroin.