80-Year-Old Gets 3 Years

An 80-year-old woman with a criminal record dating back to 1955 has been sentenced to three years in a California state prison for ransacking and stealing money from a Southern California medical office. Doris Thompson thanked the judge for not sending her to the L.A. County Jail, which she hates, and said she really deserved a much longer sentence. Thompson has used 27 aliases, repeatedly been arrested over the past 55 years for a variety of offenses, and has spent several stints in jail. The 80-year-old slipped into the medical office on December 19th and stole money from drawers. She pleaded guilty to burglary and was ordered to pay $1,400 in restitution. She’ll be eligible for parole in 18 months.