From the
News of the Weird
"Betty Lou Lynn, 83, was mugged and had her wallet stolen in her new hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., in April. Lynn is the actress who played Barney Fife's best girl, Thelma Lou, in the Andy Griffith TV show and had lived in Los Angeles until she became alarmed at the city's crime rate. She decided in 2007 to move to the quieter, peaceful Mount Airy, which was Griffith's birthplace and the model for the TV town of Mayberry. [USA Today-Mount Airy News, 4-30-10]"
You just knew something like this would happen, now that Deputy Fife (Don Knotts, RIP) is no longer on duty!