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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2016, file photo, Doris Payne speaks during an interview in Atlanta. The notorious jewel thief arrested at a Walmart in Georgia got no jail time during her latest court appearance. She was arrested July 17 for a misdemeanor shoplifting charge after a Walmart employee said she tried to leave the suburban Atlanta store with items she hadn't paid for. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Guilty plea but no jail for jewel thief Doris Payne, 87

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Notorious jewel thief out of jail but still facing charges

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2016 file photo, Doris Payne poses for a photo in Atlanta. Police near Atlanta say a notorious jewel thief with an illicit career spanning six decades has been caught stealing again, but she wasn’t after sparkly gems this time. A report from Chamblee police says 86-year-old Payne was arrested at a Walmart store around 5 p.m. Monday, July 17, 2017, and charged with misdemeanor theft by shoplifting. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Police: Notorious jewel thief arrested at Walmart

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86-year-old jewel thief pleads guilty to shoplifting charge

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2016, file photo, Doris Payne speaks during an interview in Atlanta. Payne, a well-known jewel thief who reflected on her six-decade criminal career in a 2013 documentary, has been deemed too ill to stand trial for an alleged 2015 theft. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Payne's trial was scheduled to start Feb. 21, 2017, in connection with the theft of a pair of Christian Dior earrings from a Saks Fifth Avenue store. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Judge: 86-year-old jewel thief Payne too sick for trial

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Calif. judge sentences elderly gem thief to jail

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