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- rawnzilla, on 07/05/2009, -7/+81There are libraries in Texas?
- charlie6969, on 07/05/2009, -3/+53This has very little to do with a library book and a LOT to do with getting money into city coffers, by any means necessary.
- SEN5241, on 07/05/2009, -3/+52Don't mess with Texas libraries.
- JimmyTheClam, on 07/05/2009, -4/+52FTA: "She says she has offered to pay for the book, but the city of Killeen says it’s too late. A library worker says that once they send multiple notices and turn over a case to the city, it's out of their hands."
Yep, that's a lie right there.
***** the city of Killeen, and I hope their library burns to the ground. - SirBruce, on 07/05/2009, -2/+36Couldn't you just read the ***** article before posting?
- Maddoktor2, on 07/05/2009, -12/+45Stay classy, Texas.
- inactive, on 07/05/2009, -2/+30Exactly, if the point is to get the payment or the book, they should be happy that she's offering to pay in full and eliminate the need for any further action that would surely cost a lot more. What good would jail do, anyway? Too many cavemen running that state, I swear.
- Haoie, on 07/05/2009, -0/+25Libraries are serious business.
- sjbdallas, on 07/05/2009, -5/+29There was a heavy chick at the park last night where I watched fireworks. She had big boobs and I probably could have banged her but I decided not to.
- DMop, on 07/05/2009, -3/+23Wow I can't believe that this is actually true I thought that this was an Onion article.
- JDoorjam, on 07/06/2009, -1/+18There's an interesting comment over on the article page from someone who claims to have emailed the librarian at the library in question. Apparently the reporter never contacted the library, and if they had, they would have discovered that the book has been overdue since 2007 -- before her child was even born, and before the divorce and address change. Apparently recognition of the class-c-misdemeanor status of going years without returning a book is also laid out in the agreement one has to sign to check out books in the first place.
A stiff penalty, perhaps, but it doesn't look like this article is telling the entire story. - WordsnCollision, on 07/05/2009, -2/+18Detective Bookman is on the case.
- RiotHeart, on 07/05/2009, -3/+19And I was thinking
People read books in Texas? - Nothlit, on 07/05/2009, -0/+15If it can't be verified that you owe the money, file disputes with the three major credit reporting bureaus and see if they'll remove it from your report.
- GoKings, on 07/05/2009, -4/+18It's a lot bigger deal than in Texas than it is in most places, since that was the only library book checked out in the entire state.
- demonicume, on 07/06/2009, -0/+13my 1-up attempt:
in 2003, i checked out VHS tapes of the Grims Fairy Tales and Spawn (cartoon). I got deployed to the dessert the next month and never turned in the video tapes. I ETS'd in 2005 and reenlisted reserve with no issues. In 2007, I reclassed to an MOS that required a top secret security clearance. guess what came up on my FBI check? yep, I had been tried and convicted 'in absentia' for petty larceny of 2 video tapes. The ***** store was closed by the time I got back stateside. I had to turn myself in to county sherrifs, do a night in jail and pay $1060 PER TAPE. It'll be 3 years before I can get it expunged from my record.
The judge that granted my bail told me off the record that she thought it should be unconstitutional to charge someone in criminal court for a civil matter. - gutistg, on 07/05/2009, -3/+16No, it's not ridiculous to arrest someone for not returning a library book. You're right.
- Irishsmurf, on 07/05/2009, -6/+19
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It starts with b/s like warrants over overdue books, it ends
when the people stand up and say "enough!".
P.S.: you can curse on the internet. - sullipod, on 07/05/2009, -1/+13tx says i checked out 2 books 5 years ago, i got a letter from a collection agency not the houston public library, i dont know what the heck the book is much less where, and when i ask the collection agency they dont know either, i dont have the library code anymore so the libary cant give me any info, AND i got married so my id is different, and I dont know what to do, I dont want to pay since I dont even know if it was me.
Its on my credit report and everything. anytime anyone pulls my credit they laugh and say you never returned your books? - dzhastin, on 07/05/2009, -0/+12Librarians are serious ***** business. Mess with them at your peril.
- 360modena, on 07/05/2009, -1/+12Cool story, bro.
- ghostrc, on 07/05/2009, -0/+10The library investigator's name is actually Bookman? That's like an ice cream man named Cone
- himthatwas, on 07/06/2009, -3/+12Oddly enough, that's just what I was thinking about Texas.
Texas HATES books. - JimmyTheClam, on 07/06/2009, -1/+10Snokage,
RTFA you 'tard!
She didn't get the notices.
I hope some court clerk ***** up on checking the "paid" box on your next speeding ticket and you get to spend 48 hours in general population getting ass-raped. - xenuxenuts, on 07/06/2009, -0/+9Obviously, the right thing to do would have been to have downloaded them using bit torrent.
- MikeRiley, on 07/06/2009, -2/+11When did she offer to pay for the book? It could very well have been "too late" by that point. Say she waited and waited expecting it all to go away, then when she realized the library was serious and she was about to be arrested, she finally gets up and says "fine". Without the threat of an arrest she'd never have paid. I think when it gets to this point the arrest is warranted. You have to see it from the library's point of view. They lend books, if they didn't pursue these cases nobody would ever bring the books back. I'd be going to mine, checking out all the new popular books and selling them on eBay.
I know it says she never got the notices because she moved due to a divorce, but do we know that for sure? Take a look at Bilgoode's comment in the comments section of that article.
Edit: Actually, I'll just post his comment here. This is it:
"billgoode 1 month ago wrote:
I sent my e-mail and received a personal reply from Deanna Frazee, director of the Killeen Library System. The important bit of her response was this:
"Back in the early 1990's, the Texas legislature recognized that failure to return library books was the same as theft and passed the necessary legislation so that libraries could use the court system to deal with the problem. It has been very effective in Killeen, saving us thousands of dollars each year. The penalities for failing to return materials is clearly spelled out in our borrower agreement that each library cardholder (or a parent, in the case of minors) must sign prior to receiving a card. The young woman in the news story signed the same agreement as everyone else, but the reporter never called to ask us about the story or else he would have learned this. He also would have learned that the item was overdue since late 2007, which does not add up with the story the young woman told him."
A little fact checking goes a long way when learning about an article like this. Ignorance of the rules (as was the case with this young woman) is not a valid excuse for breaking them." - BriskT, on 07/05/2009, -0/+8that would make too much sense
- URnotheonly1, on 07/05/2009, -3/+11ugh!
- casek, on 07/05/2009, -4/+12That'll teach the slave to read!
/s - JimmyTheClam, on 07/06/2009, -0/+8petersonca, they were sent to the wrong addresses, and so in a legal sense she didn't get them. In my state that's an automatic fail when it comes to service of process.
Then again, if it makes you feel like a big man to put mothers in jail that do not return library books on time then don't let me stop you. - emt1451, on 07/05/2009, -1/+7You're a Presbyterian?
- drew101, on 07/06/2009, -2/+8she has the only book, that's why they're so desprate to get it back.
- JimmyTheClam, on 07/06/2009, -0/+6Check your statute of limitations for TX, but it may no longer even be actionable.
Then send off verification letters to the collection agency demanding verification of the debts and no matter what they say, sue them in Superior court for a FDCPA violation. There are a million rules and they always manage to violate some of them.
The cost of the violations is way more than they are typically trying to collect, so they will usually avoid court like the plague and simply delete the trade lines from your credit report and go away. - m3arvk, on 07/06/2009, -3/+8We need to get bumper stickers made: "Texas hates books". Someone get on that, would you?
- inactive, on 07/05/2009, -0/+5At least this library filed a grievance with the public authorities, you don't want to deal with the shadier libraries...
http://www.eugenewei.com/images/misc/babar-newyork ... - jitterbits, on 07/06/2009, -0/+5It's a book. The primary objective to get the book replaced. If they are willing to replace the book, that should be the end of it. To pursue it is an egregious waste of money and should be far more offensive to tax payers than the "theft" of a book.
- Arawn, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4I did too. But I don't think you can make up these moronic real life situations. Someday the competition will be such that the guys at the Onion will give up.
- jasonh1234, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4It was the English Language Textbook you've been trying to sign out.
- loringalta, on 07/06/2009, -1/+5I wonder what was the book.
- stubear, on 07/05/2009, -1/+5Her ex-husband never forwarded the notices to her new address. I'd sue the ex for tampering with mail (a federal offense I believe).
- Yawgmoth, on 07/05/2009, -1/+5RTFA, the notices were sent to her ex's house who didn't tell her about them.
- Trumpetman4eva, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3I like how this article is a month old.
- BrokenCircle, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3Something similar happened to me with a water bill when I applied for PSYOPS. You can use in your defense that it was a civil crime and you cannot be sued or brought before a civil court while being enlisting or deployed. You could have your case thrown out.
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -1/+4$340 fine is pretty low for a petty theft case. Sorry, but this notion that when you get caught stealing something that you should just pay for the item is ridiculous . Why pay for anything then ? Stea lit. If you get caught, you just have to pay for it like you would otherwise.
There are a lot of adult shoplifters who would have been ecstatiic to just get a $340 fine. - Vindexus, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3They use them for when they break a table leg.
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -1/+4And yet it's still funny.
- inactive, on 07/05/2009, -0/+3Why? This is Digg. Reading articles is too much like work for most people.
- darthom, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3Texas and Texans are known for tall tales.
- endgame, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3I wonder if Mr. Bookman was involved in the investigation.....
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