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South Carolina Woman Jailed After Failing To Return Movie Rented Nine Years Ago

Posted by samzenpus on from the beyond-the-late-fee dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Could you imagine being arrested for failing to return a movie you rented 9-years earlier? Well that's just what happened to one South Carolina woman. 'According to a Feb 13 arrest report, 27-year-old Kayla Finley rented Monster-in-Law in 2005 from now defunct video store Dalton video. The woman failed to return the video within the 72 hour rental limit, eventually leading up to her arrest 9 years later.'"

6 of 467 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I bet it was "The BEST VHS in the WORLD!"

  2. This is the problem with Netflix, etc. by dacut · · Score: 5, Funny

    How are we going to arrest people on frivolous charges when movies are streamed? I suppose we could make it a felony to fail to rewind a stream when you're done viewing it...

  3. Re:Economically Inefficient by PRMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, fine her $100 and call it a day. I mean, after all, she already watched Monster-in-Law. Hasn't she suffered enough?

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  4. Re: Debtors Prison? by In+hydraulis · · Score: 5, Funny

    If she lost a VHS tape 9 years ago, and the store went under since then, (1) there's no victim

    Are you seriously not seeing the cause-effect relationship here?

  5. Re: Debtors Prison? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shh, don't say that here. AK Marc believes that the value of money increases with inflation, because magic.

  6. Re:I was once filed an order to pay for a tape onc by natd · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... And people wonder why Blockbuster went out of business.... :-0

    Wow - you must watch a lot of movies!!!

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