Thelma Lou Gets Mugged (Raleigh, Mount Airy: crime, living, shopping center)

[RedJacket]

Betty Lou Lynn, 83, whose character Thelma Lou was the girlfriend of Deputy Barney Fife on the long-running series, said in a 2008 interview that she moved to Mount Airy the year before to get away from crime-infested Los Angeles after living there for decades.

Then this past Sunday afternoon while at New Market Crossing Shopping Center on Independence Boulevard, the retired actress was victimized by a crime here.

A man grabbed Lynn’s wallet from her hands at the shopping center just before 4 p.m. and fled. The wallet contained $130, according to a Mount Airy Police Department report.

Mount Airy News - ‘Thelma Lou’ is victim of robbery


As Barney would say -- nip it in the bud -- give this guy 50 years to life. You don't mug Thelma Lou and get away lightly.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by think first

Betty Lou Lynn, 83, whose character Thelma Lou was the girlfriend of Deputy Barney Fife on the long-running series, said in a 2008 interview that she moved to Mount Airy the year before to get away from crime-infested Los Angeles after living there for decades.

Then this past Sunday afternoon while at New Market Crossing Shopping Center on Independence Boulevard, the retired actress was victimized by a crime here.

A man grabbed Lynn’s wallet from her hands at the shopping center just before 4 p.m. and fled. The wallet contained $130, according to a Mount Airy Police Department report.

Mount Airy News - ‘Thelma Lou’ is victim of robbery


As Barney would say -- nip it in the bud -- give this guy 50 years to life. You don't mug Thelma Lou and get away lightly.

This was really unfortunate - but crimes against the elderly happen a lot, even in nice small towns like Mt. Airy.

[lovebrentwood]

Yesterday my husband told me, "Thelma Lou in Mt. Airy got mugged."

I told him it seemed quite surreal -- after enjoying the Mayberry shows so much as a kid, that sitting here in Raleigh, hearing that Thelma Lou in Mt. Airy got mugged, and realizing that what he was saying was true, and not just a Mayberry episode.

Weird. And sad.