Doris Payne, the notorious 86-year-old jewel thief whose life was the subject of a Netflix documentary, was arrested again on Monday for allegedly shoplifting at an Atlanta-area Walmart — while sporting an ankle monitor from a previous bust.
Payne, whose larcenous career dates back to the 1950s, told NBC News that she simply forgot to pay for the items when she visited the store to buy medicine.
“Thieving was the farthest thing from my mind,” she said in a phone interview on Tuesday, adding that she had taken medicine that muddled her mind before she went shopping.
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