Jail Over Library Book?

Crown&Coke · Jan 25, 2009

What kind of bullshit is this? Jail over a book that only cost $13.95

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book.
Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked out from the public library in nearby Jesup in April.
Police say the book — which is about a high school teacher's effort to inspire students to write — is valued at $13.95.
Court records show library employees tried repeatedly to contact Koontz by phone and mail. A police officer even visited her home last September.
Officials at the Buchanan County jail say Koontz was released after posting $250 bond. No telephone listing for Koontz could be found in the Independence area.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/...ary_book_theft

SEXY_SCORPIO · Jan 25, 2009

Crown&Coke said:
What kind of bullshit is this? Jail over a book that only cost $13.95

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book.
Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked out from the public library in nearby Jesup in April.
Police say the book — which is about a high school teacher's effort to inspire students to write — is valued at $13.95.
Court records show library employees tried repeatedly to contact Koontz by phone and mail. A police officer even visited her home last September.
Officials at the Buchanan County jail say Koontz was released after posting $250 bond. No telephone listing for Koontz could be found in the Independence area.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/...ary_book_theft

I have heard of it happening more often. How would you look if someone asked you what you in for?

A overdue library book :lol:

LeroyDibiase · Jan 25, 2009

She should've asked her dad Dean Koontz to help her out.

Mo-Better · Jan 25, 2009

This is as petty as it gets. Jail time for a library book. I would be embarrassed to be the arresting officer. :smh:

watchin · Jan 25, 2009

A library book? really? :smh:

This has to be about fee collections/town coffers or someone had an axe to grind. The amount spent processing this cant be justified.( arrest, jailing, court costs, etc?) Tax payers in Independence,Iowa should be pissed off right about now.