Teenager Goes to Jail for Overdue DVD

[o0RaidR0o]

[citation][nom]cyprod[/nom]The folks here posting and are all up in arms about this really don't understand the legal process. The kid wasn't arrested for not returning a DVD, the kid was arrested for skipping court. It's standard procedure. Skip court, get arrested. It'd happen to you if you were pulled over, didn't have proof of insurance and then didn't appear at your hearing to show a judge that you did have insurance, and in that case, you'd be arrested for litterally doing nothing wrong.[/citation]
[citation][nom]soky602[/nom]Its more like, "How the hell is a DVD worth more than a Blu-ray!"[/citation]
He may have been arrested for skipping court but I don't that is criticism here. The question begs how did it escalate to the point of necessitating court action. The overdue DVD issue should never have been allowed to escalate this far, but since were a nation built on punishment, the prosecutor's office allowed it to happen, instead of kicking it back.

 

[JonnyDough]

Yep. They could have simply asked her to pay it on the spot, plus interest. Would've saved court dues + the $275 and in processing costs. Our system is stupid.

 

[thegh0st]

plenty of people have commented on the general stupidness of what went on here.

I do think there is another issue of stupidness though that was just touched upon. first, how does this library justify this DVD as having a value of $31.45 on it books? Second, most DVD's "generally" do NOT cost this much, even the special edition/collector's edition ones - even when they are not on sale (I said generally).

if this library is paying that much for DVD's it rents out then this library is bleeding its budget itself. and if they do pay this much for DVD's that might just help answer as to the level of competence of the people being dealt with in Littleton.

I would say if any place needs to pay for consulting this place does - hey Littleton, you are overpaying for DVD's for the library. Get a new supplier/distributor. Shop around - pay a visit to Best Buy or check out the internet. alright, I'm done contact Tom's to get a hold of me - that will be $1000.00 (USD pls). Hmmm, should the bill be more? =P maybe I'm being to lenient. consultants can be shockingly overpaid for obvious information. oh yeah Littleton, one other thing to check for - check your books and receipts and see if anyone knows anyone or has family working for the DVD supplier/distributor. this could be a case of someone padding their pockets to! you never know.

 

[joefriday]

Serves the kid right. RETURN YOUR BORROWED STUFF BACK TO THE LIBRARY. Seriously. It's an agreement between you and the library. If nobody cared, there wouldn't be anything to check out of the library, because it was never returned. Secondly, it was the kid's fault for never checking his voice mail. Come on people. I hate each and every one of you who does not check you voice mail. Is it really that hard to dial a number and enter a code? Your phone even alerts you to new voice mail...not like you have to check on a regular basis to see if any new voice messages have arrived or anything. Lastly, the library is in the right as to the legal aspect of this one. First they notified the borrower (the punk kid with the memory problem), secondly they allowed fines/time to accumulate to an excessive enough degree to warrant eventually taking legal action in the form of claims court (which btw would require the said punk to receive snail mail summons, which he should be received had be taken the appropriate measures to notify his local post office to forward his mail to his new address). Finally, they put a warrant for his arrest since he failed to appear in court (which is de facto, no matter what the actual reason he was to initially appear in court). So, when said moron was pulled over by the cops (probably for doing something equally as stupid and careless as never returning a library DVD), they ran a quick ID check on the guy for any outstanding warrants (also common procedure for anyone pulled over), and BAMMO!, the kid is booked in the local jail.
So, the kid actually didn't go to jail for an overdue library DVD, he went to jail for failure to appear in court, which is completely normal. I guess it just doesn't sound as cool though, does it?

 

[occupant]

This DVD can be purchased in NEW condition on Amazon for $5.49 plus about $3 shippping. It can be bought used, shipped to your door, for less than $5. This town must be so unbelievably hard up for cash that I wouldn't be surprised if they have to start holding bake sales. $31.45 for a six-pack of cookies.

 

[Jonathan Cooley]

Hey all my name is Jon and I was recently released from Erie County Prison for also not returning DVDs, I moved from a different county and left the DVDs with my roommate. The county sent court paperwork to the old address when my new address was already updated. The roommate signed for my mail and next thing u know I got arrested at work and taken straight to jail for a few days.Erie, Pa does the same exact thing.