A Best Buy employee was charged with shoplifting for allegedly stealing items valued at nearly $6,000 from the store on Nassau Park Boulevard March 20, according to the West Windsor Police Department.

The man, who lives in Trenton, allegedly stuffed the items in his backpack while he was at work on Feb. 28, March 7 and March 11. He left at the end of his shift without paying for items that included Samsung cell phones and Apple products, police said.

He was processed and released.