Woman caught in alleged theft at Walmart in Apple Valley

A woman threatened employees with a screwdriver while trying to steal items from an Apple Valley Walmart store this week, officials said.

The unfortunate robbery happened shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday at the Walmart store located at 20251 Highway 18, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Employees first called the Sheriff’s Department to report that a woman brandishing a screwdriver had threatened them and forced her way into the store, which had not yet opened, officials said.

“When officers arrived on scene, (the suspect) attempted to flee the store with unpaid merchandise,” sheriff’s officials said in a written statement. “(She) was quickly apprehended and taken into custody without incident.”

Jamie Lynn Salvador, 37, of Apple Valley, was arrested on suspicion of theft, burglary, brandishing a weapon and making criminal threats, according to county records. She was also charged with violating probation conditions stemming from a previous felony conviction.