Washington man arrested for overdue library books
Don’t mess with the librarians at Burlington Library.
A Burlington, Washington man has been ordered to pay a library $150 and do community service after he was arrested for overdue library books.
The arrest was for failure to appear before a judge to answer charges of “Detaining Property.” The property was library books the man had checked out last July.
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“After months of dealing with this we sent a letter from the police chief giving them one last chance.” said Librarian Christine Perkins. “And warning if they do not respond they will be invited to talk to a judge about it.”
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The library insists no one wanted to arrest anyone, but the librarian suspects the arrest could have an upside. “Well, I’m interested to see if we get a lot of books turned in in the next week or so.”
from KOMO News