Man arrested for not returning VHS Tape 14 Years Ago

[marylander1940]

A North Carolina man says he was arrested for not returning a video cassette tape he rented 14 years ago.

 

James Meyers Jr., a single dad from Concord, said he was driving his 10-year-old daughter to school at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when police pulled him over for a broken brake light. Meyers gave the police officers his driver’s license and was shocked when they said there was a warrant out for his arrest for not returning a VHS rental, "Freddy Got Fingered," from 2002, he said.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/nc-man-arrested-returning-rental-vhs-tape-14/story?id=37897366

[mmk123]

I wonder if he really got arrested for his bad taste in movies.

 

Seriously though, the fact that the cops even took everything to the level that they did was ridiculous.

[+ purplekow]

Looks like James got fingered as well. It would seem that the time limit for this complaint must have been long gone.

[+ glennnn]

You would think so. Surely, "the Statue of Lamentations" should have expired on that crime by now. Maybe he forgot to rewind.

[LADoug1]

Would have been even funnier if it was a porno flick although Freddie Got Fingered is a possible porno flick title. Lol.

[marylander1940]

You would think so. Surely, "the Statue of Lamentations" should have expired on that crime by now. Maybe he forgot to rewind.

 

Besides is not like that VHS or any tape like that is even useful now a days... they're obsolete.

Maybe he was holding on to the tape to donate it to the Smithsonian 50 years from now.