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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — The actor who played Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show” was robbed in the town that inspired the show’s idyllic Mayberry setting, after moving to the area to avoid big-city crime.
Betty Lou Lynn’s wallet was stolen at a shopping center in Mount Airy, the birthplace of Andy Griffith. Police reportedly arrested Shirley Walter Guynn of Cana, Va. He’s being held in Surry County Jail on $10,000 bail.
In an earlier interview with The Mount Airy News, the 83-year-old Lynn said she moved to Mount Airy after being robbed three times in Los Angeles. In the TV series, Thelma Lou was the girlfriend of Deputy Barney Fife, played by Don Knotts. The Associated Press
