Has "I Meant To Pay" Ever Worked For Someone Caught Shoplifting? It Didn't (Again) This Time.This one's making the rounds mostly because of the higher profile of the person arrested. Amy McGrath, the Managing Director of ASU Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, AZ, was arrested for trying to walk out of a Target in Orlando, FL with $1,000.00 in merchandise. She hadn't paid but argued she "meant to."