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ATLANTA — Notorious international jewelry thief Doris Payne, whose criminal career spans at least two continents and five decades, was arrested Tuesday for shoplifting at an upscale mall north of Atlanta.

Payne, 86, was arrested by Dunwoody (Ga.) Police and charged with shoplifting for trying to steal a bracelet worth $2,000 from Von Maur at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody.

Payne was booked into the DeKalb County, Ga., jail; no bond information was listed on the jail's website.

It's been a little more than a year since Payne's last arrest when she was caught slipping a pair of $700 earrings in her pocket at Saks Fifth Avenue at Phipps Plaza, an upscale shopping mall in Atlanta's Buckhead district.

Notorious international jewelry thief, 85, nabbed again in Atlanta

Last year, her attorney said she was too sick to appear in court for the Saks arrest.

"The reality is, she's an 85-year-old lady in ailing health," said attorney Shawn McCullers in November 2015. "If you want to drag her down here and cause her more harm and have her get more sick ... we certainly can't stop you."

The elderly Payne’s five-decade spree and 20-some arrests in countries around the world, including Greece, France, Britain and Switzerland, have made her something of a celebrity among thieves. She was the subject of a documentary, The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne, which is available now on Netflix.

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In a jailhouse interview with The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun in May 2014, Payne said she began stealing watches to save her mother from an abusive relationship, but continued into her golden years so she could live a glamorous lifestyle, a far cry from her childhood of poverty in West Virginia.

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