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A couple caught on video stealing marital aids from a local adult toy shop made a big mistake in returning to the store, Decatur police said Monday.

When Larry and Ashley Gargis of Hillsboro walked into Pleasures on Thursday, the clerk recognized them and called police, said Lt. Chris Mathews, a police spokesman.

The couple allegedly had visited the store May 8, stealing enhancement pills and a "king size" rubber sex toy resembling a part of the male anatomy, Mathews said.

In the Gargis' vehicle, in a leather bag next to the child seat carrying the couple's 3-year-old daughter, a detective said he found the lifelike, 9-inch toy stolen three weeks earlier.

The $50 device was no longer in its package, said Detective George Silvestri.

"Well, we kind of recovered the stolen property," said

Mathews. "But basically, the store manager declined taking it back."

The store may file theft charges against the couple.

Also during the search, police found drug paraphernalia including hydrocodone pills, digital scales, plastic baggies and a methamphetamine pipe, Mathews said.

Police charged Larry Gargis, 29, with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Morgan County Jail released him Friday on $1,250 bond.

Ashley Gargis, 29, was transferred to Lawrence County Jail on an outstanding warrant for her arrest there.

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