Posted on 08/21/2008 6:09:08 PM PDT by RDTF
AUGUST 21--The next time you forget to return a couple of library books (and ignore those annoying letters about the overdue status of said volumes), think of Heidi Dalibor. The Wisconsin woman, 20, was arrested earlier this month in connection with a pair of books overdue for several months. Dalibor, who made the mistake of ignoring a court citation issued after she failed to respond to letters and phone calls from the Grafton library, was busted August 6 for failing to return copies of Janet Fitch's best-seller "White Oleander" (a 1999 Oprah Book Club selection) and "Angels & Demons," author Dan Brown's precursor to "The Da Vinci Code." According to a police report, Dalibor was apprehended at her family's home, cuffed and stuffed in a cruiser, and booked for violating the "overdue library materials" ordinance. She also had to pose for the below mug shot at the Grafton Police Department. Dalibor subsequently settled with the library by paying her overdue fines and reimbursing it for the cost of the two novels, which totaled around $180. Dalibor's mother Patty told TSG that her daughter was "a good kid" who works two jobs. She is also now the owner of the Fitch and Brown books, which Dalibor got to keep as a result of paying off her library levies
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God, I hate these stories . . . this woman was arrested for ignoring a court order. I’m supposed to feel sorry for her?
Not guilty.
I think the point of the story here is:
She’s smoking hot
That'll do it every time.
Not guilty, btw. Though she could lose a few of those piercings - yuck!
where is perdogg??
I can feel the vacuum from here.
Heidi is not a bright bulb.
I agree - but cuffed and stuffed in a cruiser?
7 posts and no one’s said “throw the book at her”?
Don’t mess with librarians. They crack spines all day.
Shecky Greene lives! :-)
Amusement ping.
We can all learn a valuable lesson by taking a page from her experience here...
Babe’s looking for notoriety and offers from Penthouse and such, me thinks.
as for the "cuffed and stuffed" verbage, i am sure the officers were very nice and she was treated with kid gloves. she looks happy in the photo.
this will not be on her record. i'll see if i can find her facebook page.
You’d be cuffed and stuffed in a cruiser if you stole two books out of a bookstore.
The library had to spend money to replace the books she never returned. Once she refused to pay the fines or return the books it was theft.
...and no, there is no “real” crime in Grafton for the cops to deal with.
BOOKMAN: You think this is all a big joke, don't you?
JERRY: No, I don't.
BOOKMAN: Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp, the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before.
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