Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Alvaro Antonio Arteaga, 59, was arrested yesterday after allegedly switching tags to pay lower prices on items in at least five transactions over a month.
At about 7:30 a.m. on September 22, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the Walmart at Butler Plaza (2900 SW 42nd Street), where the Loss Prevention Officer presented evidence of five incidents in which Arteaga, an employee of the store, had switched tags…