Woman cuffed, booked for not paying library fines

Pussy 08-25-2008

Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines.

Twenty-year-old Heidi Dalibor told the News Graphic in Cedarburg that she ignored the library’s calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.

Still, she was surprised when officers with a warrant knocked on her door, cuffed her and took her to the police station to be fingerprinted and photographed.

Police Capt. Joe Gabrish says officers follow the same procedure with every warrant.

Library director John Hanson says a couple of dozen people are cited each year for failure to return materials or pay fines.

paperbacks. It cost her mother $172 to free her.

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Hsoolien

There are a fair number of people year to year that ignore the fines and late fees of libraries and video rental places, these system exist so that they can recoup their losses if the material is never returned and as an incentive to return the material so someone else can use it (blockbuster up here had implemented a no late fee system that ended up costing them millions). I bet next time she thinks twice about not paying her fees

hugo281

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNNNNN!!! I betta go pay my library fines too before I get arrested too

Raven

I'm really surprised by this. I know ist bad but I thought it would be pretty common, proably will see alot more people getting took off for library fines.

spawnschickishot

lmfao in this case i think i owe a few ooks from when i was a child but i think as many times as i have moved they cant find me lmfao!!

Dream

OH OH You gonna get arrested. I can just see me getting a txt msg saying "come get me out please "

spawnschickishot

lmfao ... right u wil ask me what u in for lol i would say i was on the run since i was a child for not returning my library books lol

Raven

The amount of money and time it toom to arrest her, and they think it comes out to that. Tht's pretty intersting.

Hsoolien

The cost of arresting and detaining her is and should be an issue, it's the enforcing the rules so people are inclined to follow them, there are many petty crimes that cost more to prosecute then ignore, but when you let them go rampant chaos ensues.

hugo281

yeah but to be honest its a stupid issue, because instead of spending that money arresting her, the city could've spent the money or giving it to the library to replace those books.

Hsoolien

And people would become accustomed to it being ok to run up fines or just outright not return materials in the end costing those that rent out items many more times what it cost to make an example that it will not be tolerated.

Stephyi

Oh my god. Is it that hard to not pay fines? If you can't pay them you shouldn't let them be late. It's really that simple. hahaha

Hsoolien

Exactly, but some people just take the fines for granted, after all they were only late because "insert pathetic excuse here" and yes the excuse is usually pathetic, and I've known my library to reverse fines for legitimate reasons.