An Ocala Walmart employee was arrested for allegedly stealing from the store nearly 40 times over a two-month period.
Last week, a loss prevention associate at the Walmart located at 34 Bahia Avenue in Ocala informed the Marion County Sheriff’s Office that an employee, 21-year-old Jafet Alberto Martinez Ruiz, had begun stealing items from the store on December 28, 2025. The alleged thefts continued until March 7, 2026, according to the arrest report.
The associate advised that a total of 38 transactions were discovered, which allegedly involved Martinez Ruiz scanning an item and then putting multiple other unscanned items in a bag. Among the stolen items were bags of chips, bottles of soda, several Lunchables, and a breakfast sandwich…