Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Libraries Getting Tough

Jeremy Jones of Burlington, Wash., called police to his home on Feb. 22 about a case of mail theft. But the cops found Jones had a warrant out for "detaining city property" and missing a related court date. They promptly clapped the cuffs on the 20-year-old man.
Turned out he had 18 books, worth a total of $268, long past due to the Burlington Public Library.


As long as he wasn't smelly.

2 Comments:

At 3/10/2005, Blogger Steve said...

Maybe this is a job for Conan the Librarian?

What if you were smelly and had long overdue books? We're talking serious trouble.

 
At 3/13/2005, Blogger Owen said...

Heh,

My Mom was a librarian in Mass, and she used to have people arrested all the time. The cash drain that Libraries can suffer due to the replacement of stolen materials can be incredible.

 

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