THE VILLAGES, Fla. – It was the season of taking, rather than giving, for one woman in Florida, according to her latest arrest report.
She was at somebody else’s home, “began knocking on the front door, and activated a Ring doorbell camera.
“While the defendant was at the front door,” the report said, “the defendant is observed removing and taking two envelopes, which contained $200 in a check, and $20 for a Christmas gift. After taking the envelopes, the defendant leaves the property on foot.”
That was all reportedly recorded on the doorbell camera.
“The envelopes were taped to the exterior of the front door,” the report continued, “and were intended for her landscaping crew as a form of payment, and a Christmas gift. The victim advised she did not know the defendant.”
That was on Dec. 12, and the case was turned over to a detective.
“The quality of the video help[ed] me identify some unique markings on the defendant,” the detective wrote, “which were two dimples on the outside of each eye of the defendant. Utilizing law enforcement databases, I was able to positively identify the defendant.”
Her name is Mary Lynn Khatri, and her arrest report said she had nine “guilty convictions for thefts and burglary.”

The crimes listed took place between 2000 and 2013 in five Florida counties: Indian River, Orange, Pinellas, Lake, and Marion.
Khatri also served three sentences in state prison: 10 months starting in 2006, almost 5 months in 2010, and 34 months starting in 2013.
For the doorbell crime, Khatri was charged with two felonies: burglary and grand theft. She got out of the Sumter County Jail after 21 hours in lieu of $1,000 bond.
Then, the day after her release, she was locked up in Lake County.
That stemmed from a traffic stop on March 13, 2024.
A police officer pulled over her moped because “the brake light was defective and was emitting a white light to the rear, instead of red,” according to her arrest report. “It should be noted that the moped’s license plate was expired as of 03-05-2024,” a week earlier, it continued.
Then, her traffic infraction became a crime.
“Upon requesting the driver’s license,” the officer wrote, “she informed me that she did not need a license to drive a moped because it was under 50 cc’s.

“I informed her that she still needed a driver’s license; however, a motorcycle endorsement was not required. The driver identified herself as Mary Khatri. I asked [her] if she had a valid license, and she stated that she wasn’t sure. [She] explained that she was on a payment plan for tickets received in the past.”
This time, a check on Khatri’s past also revealed quite a lot.
“I learned that her license had 10 active suspensions, with the most recent being on 02-07-2024, where her license was suspended for 12 months due to the fact that she accrued 12 points against her license within a 12-month period,” the officer wrote. “A check of the [police] database showed that [she] had five prior convictions for driving with a suspended license.”
Khatri was arrested for a felony: driving with a suspended license-third or subsequent offense. A few weeks later, the charge was reduced to a second offense.
Finally, on Jan. 8, Khatri, 53, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 10 days in jail. She was released after six days behind bars, on Jan. 14.
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