She’s a notorious jewel thief who stole millions of dollars’ worth of bling around the world. Nicknamed “Diamond Doris” — Doris Payne, 91 — is the focus of documentaries and books detailing her life ...

Atlanta Police had no clue who they had just nabbed when they picked up an elderly woman for reportedly stealing some designer jewelry. Doris Payne, 84, was arrested on October 23, 2015, for allegedly ...

At first glance, silver-haired Doris Marie Payne, 83, looks like your typical sweet grandmother. Don’t let her endearing smile and innocent eyes, and especially her age, fool you. She’s an ...

The 86-year-old, who has a criminal record as a jewel thief spanning 60 years, was caught stealing a £1,600 diamond necklace from a department store A NOTORIOUS 86-year-old jewel thief has been ...

Early in her autobiographical account of a life of crime, Doris Payne seems to telegraph that she is an unreliable narrator. “To this day, any confessing I was going to do would be in order to make ...

Doris Marie Payne was the youngest of six, born in 1930 to a coal miner and a seamstress. Kirk Marcolina, producer of documentary The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne, explains: “She always wanted to ...

When the sweet octogenarian African American lady walked into El Paseo Jewellers in Palm Desert, California, last October, staff were delighted. White-haired and petite, not in the best of health but ...

Payne has been pulling light jewelry heists for decades, from Monte Carlo, Britain, France, Italy, Monaco and even Japan to California, and has served prison sentences in six states. She claims she ...