Deon McCann was arrested on February 5 after he stole items valued at $170, including an Xbox, from JB Hi-Fi, on two occasions.

He took the items from the shelf, moved to another area in the Mair Street store and placed them down his pants before leaving without paying.

At the time of the thefts, he was on bail and awaiting sentence for further thefts from shops, robbing an Uber driver and assaulting a woman and a Zagames staff member to which he pleaded guilty to in November.

McCann was sentenced on all charges at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on Friday. He appeared via a video link from prison.

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Magistrate Ron Saines said the robbery of the Uber driver was the most serious offence while his crimes committed while on bail were aggravated.

"The continuation of offending, particularly the robbery, warrants a term of imprisonment," Mr Saines said.

When assessing McCann for a community corrections order, Corrections Victoria noted he was a high risk of re-offending.

McCann was sentenced to four months in jail and a community corrections order upon his release. He has already served three months through pre-sentence detention.

McCann has arranged accommodation to support his drug rehabilitation, while he will be required to undergo drug and alcohol assessment and treatment as part of his CCO.

In January last year, McCann was seen on CCTV footage entering Woolworth's supermarket at the Delacombe Town Centre. He selected $121.15 worth of meat and seafood and left the supermarket without paying.

McCann was at Rebel Sport Ballarat three months later in April when staff saw him picking at tags on clothing.

McCann entered a change room but exited without the clothing, and when staff checked the change room, the tags had been left on the floor.

In September, McCann became angry at a woman after she phoned the police and he pushed her shoulder into a doorway.

In 2019 offending in August, McCann approached an Uber driver at St Kilda and demanded he hand over his car keys and mobile phone. The victim thought he was going to be assaulted when McCann grabbed his jumper with one hand.

McCann then took the victim's keys, opened his car door and took his wallet and mobile phone. He threw his wallet over the fence and dropped the phone, which the victim accidentally ran over in his car.

In December 2019, McCann spat in the face of a Zagame's Ballarat worker after he asked McCann to leave the venue because he was banned.

McCann told police he had to fund his methamphetamine addiction.

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