Letterman Nuisance In Jail Near Mom’s Home

The woman who has been an unwelcome visitor at David Letterman’s home several times said from jail Wednesday that it’s just a coincidence she was arrested near his mother’s home.

Margaret R. Ray, 44, was arrested Friday in Westfield, 15 miles north of Indianapolis, after allegedly trying to steal vitamins and a backpack from a Wal-Mart store.

Letterman’s mother, Dorothy Mengering, resides in Carmel, a suburb bordering Westfield.

Ray said she was just passing through, hitchhiking to her home in Danbury, Conn.