torsdag 31 oktober 2013

Ung man i Texas sattes i fängelse för att han inte lämnat tillbaka bok i tid till biblioteket

31 oktober KFVS12 News.  - En ung man i Texas arresterades och sattes i fängelse för att han inte lämnat tillbaka en lånad bok i tid till det lokala biblioteket...
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Texas Man Arrested And Jailed For Overdue Library Book 

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Hemlös kvinna fängslad för att ha missat lämna tillbaka biblioteksbok i tid

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Uppladdad den 9 mars 2011
A Prairie du Chien woman has been taken into custody on unusual charges. She was arrested on a warrant stemming from overdue library materials in Crawford County.
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RT 31 Oktober
Failing to return a library book often results in a fine, but it landed one Texas man behind bars.

On Wednesday, Jory Enck was booked into jail, and later released, because he had failed to return an overdue book to the Copperas Cove city library. He has had a GED study guide checked out since 2010.
According to a controversial city ordinance, residents who fail to respond to calls or emails concerning overdue library materials for more than 90 days are reported to the municipal court, which can then issue an arrest warrant.

As the local KWTX-TV notes, if law enforcement encounters an individual with an overdue material warrant on their record, he or she can be arrested and booked into jail. Typically, people are then released the same day on a $200 bond.

The city ordinance isn’t very popular, but Municipal Court Judge Bill Price said the bill was originally passed to save money, and that many residents could see both sides of the issue.

"- The reason they passed it was that they were spending a tremendous amount of money replacing these materials that people just didn't return,” Price said, according to Yahoo News.

"Universal hatred,” he added regarding perception of the law. “Nobody wants to get arrested over a library book. The other side of that is people that go to our library and can't have these materials, they're put out too."

This is the second Texas arrest that’s made the headlines this month, following a report concerning a Richland Hills woman who was arrested, strip-searched, and jailed because she failed to pay a traffic ticket on time.
When it comes to overdue library books, though, Texas hasn’t been the only state to make waves. In 2011, police arrested an Iowa man for failing to return roughly $700 worth of loaned materials.

In 2012, four-year-old Pennsylvania girl Katelyn Jageman was questioned by police about why she had not returned her books to the library. She wasn’t jailed, but her mother had to pay an $81 fine.

That same year, a five-year-old girl in Massachusetts broke down and cried after being approached by police concerning her overdue books.

In this most recent case, Enck declined to comment on the incident, though the GED study guide in question did show up at the local library the day after his arrest.

http://rt.com/usa/taxas-man-arrested-book-044/

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Ung man i Texas sattes i fängelse för att han inte lämnat tillbaka bok i tid till biblioteket

4 kommentarer:

  1. Blev förvånad över att läsa att Texas ens har biblioteker. Trodde dessa jönsar endast bar cowboyhatt och pickadoll. :)

    SvaraRadera
  2. Jo, killen som missade att lämnade tillbaka boken i tid hade nog tur att bibliotekarien inte hade cowboyhatt och pickadoll...

    Då hade han kanske fått en kula i stället för fängelse - som straffavgift på boklånet:)

    SvaraRadera
  3. Märkligt. I sista sekvensen i filmen så säger speakern att boken lämnats in en dag EFTER arresteringen. Vem gjorde då detta om boven satt i finkan? Och vem hade då boken under tiden?

    SvaraRadera
    Svar
    1. Finns många möjligheter, exempelvis:

      *Någon i hans familj, flickvän, pojkvän:) eller annan vän som inte ville att Texaspolisens speciella biblioteks-SWAT-team:) skulle göra en husrannsakan efter "bovens" biblioteksbok..?

      *Eller så hade "bovens" bok kanske funnits på biblioteket hela tiden - de hade bara missat att registrera att den återlämnats?? (sen registrerade bibliotekarien att boken återlämnats när hon/han såg på nyheterna att "boven" blivit arresterad?)

      *Eller så är kanske hela historien bara ett påhitt från Texasmyndigheterna för att skrämma folk (undersåtar) att lämna tillbaka böckerna i tid?!

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      Av: Seen that before
      • 2 days ago

      Taney county missouri jailed my wife over this same thing years ago they even forgot she was there for a few days they got a even bigger jail now.

      They keep people in there over really stupid stuff for along time to keep it full. the judge in taney county includes branson missouri owns part interest in the jail makes it one of the most corrupt jailing courts around.

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      Det finns kanske mer info om det hela någonstans på webben??

      Radera

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