Posted on 03/24/2016 12:37:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man in North Carolina was arrested for failing to return a 2002 VHS rental movie.
James Meyers told WSOC-TV that he was driving his daughter to school earlier this week when he was pulled over for a broken tail light.
When the officer ran his license, the officer found Meyers had a warrant for his arrest for failure to return rental property, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $200.
The officer said, I dont know how to tell you this but theres a warrant out for your arrest from 2002. Apparently you rented the movie Freddy Got Fingered and never returned it. I thought he was joking, said Meyers.
According to WSOC-TV, the officer let Meyers take his daughter to school and go to work, but made him promise to turn himself into the police department later that day.
At the end of the day, Meyers went to the police department and was arrested.
For the first time, I got put in handcuffs, said Meyers.
The star of the movie Meyers forgot to return, Tom Green, heard about his situation and reached out to him.
The comedian told the Daily News that he would be willing to help Meyers out as long as it didnt cost an outrageous sum.
If its 200 bucks of course Ill pay it for him, just for the principle of the thing, Green said.
Meyers told WSOC-TV that he vaguely remembers renting the VHS movie from the store that has since closed.
Meyers court date is set for April 27.
He ripped off some mattress tags.
If it was the rental company that filed the charge all he has to do is show up in court. If the rental company doesn’t show then the case will probably be dismissed.
Are police officers supposed to exercise some judgement? They filed within the statute of limitations, but there is no evidence he evaded the charge?
I get nervous when I buy a rare book and it has a slot for a library card and a library’s stamp inside the cover. Even if the library sold the book at a special sale there is no way to prove it and somebody can make the ownership of it a pain in the butt. I own several rare books like this.
Is it a civil remedy for this kind of thing?
Yes, what most likely happened is the plaintiff got a default judgment in civil court and then went to court to collect on the judgment and the defendant again ignored it and the Judge issued a bench warrant for the defendant to appear.
Next time, get a receipt and keep it in the slot.
Pulled over, arrest warrant, for a real lousy movie. Talk about having a bad day.
He should demand a jury trial.
This would go through small claims first, then a judgement, then a warrant....I think...
Where’s the proof of service.
Awesome
:)
Unbelievable. And its funny to think that video rental stores are almost all gone now. And funny to think this is over an obsolete VHS tape.
Nurnberg Nazis should have had to watch this film while being hanged.
Good one!
Is it Porn?
Then again guess you can’t judge a book (or title) by its name.
Booker? Library Cop named Booker....hmmmm
-PJ
I guess this pumps the stats of the Police Dept, but I can't imagine a judge wasting any time on it - the first thing out of the Defense Attorney's mouth should be "How was he supposed to return it to a store that is closed?"
If they actually get this to court, the “perp” has already lost.
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