A Silver Springs Shores woman wanted in connection with the theft of more than $45,000 in cash from a pharmacy was arrested at her home on Friday.

Christine Lynn Vinyard was arrested by a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy at 45 Locust Run Drive on charges of organized fraud and criminal use of personal identification information and transported to the Marion County Jail. Vinyard, whose bond on the warrants was listed as $10,000 on each of the charges, was released from the jail on Saturday. The 48-year-old woman declined an interview request from the Star-Banner.

The lead detective in the case, Shawn Hardman of the Ocala Police Department, said police were contacted about the incidents at the 17th Street Discount Pharmacy, 2506 SE 17th St. Suite B, in early March. Authorities were told that between February 2016 and February 2017 a total of $21,277.26 had been removed from the pharmacy's checking account. The missing money was discovered by an accountant during an audit.

The large sum of money was allegedly used by Vinyard to make payments on her own personal credit card, according to the report.

The owner told police that Vinyard, who had been the pharmacy's office manager and handled payroll and other financial matters for the business, was authorized to use the business checking account only for business purposes.

Vinyard was fired in February 2017 after it was alleged she charged a customer’s credit account $685.39 for a bill that was actually $353. At that time, a laptop that had been given to Vinyard to use for business purposes was returned but allegedly was missing its hard drive.

Further investigation into the business account by Hardman and other store employees showed Vinyard allegedly changed the daily deposit amounts to exact or even amounts, such as $100 or $200, and would remove the differences in cash from the cash register drawer.

Checking the actual check amounts received versus the check amounts allegedly written by Vinyard each day, Hardman said in his report that from Sept. 1, 2016, through Dec. 1, 2016, an additional $26,000 was missing from the business.

Since Vinyard has been terminated, the shortages experiences by the business have allegedly stopped. Hardman and store officials are still investigating the matter.

Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118, austin.miller@starbanner.com or @almillerosb.