Lt. Bookman?
She should demand a jury trial, refuse to accept any plea deal and make the state make the case that this is worthy of prosecution.
They were going to drop the whole matter, but then they discovered she didn’t rewind the tape before returning it.
How was this ever a Felony?
Beat her Max!
There was one particualr video place we’d use, and I was careful to always return the tapes on time, because I hated the late fee.
However, if I hadn’t gotten anything their for a month or two, when I rent to rent the tape, they’d always tell me I had a late charge against my account. Evem though I was sure I’d returned the tape on time, it was hard to argue because it was months ago.
I figured out they were just tagging old accounts with a late fee, because it was hard to argue with.
I wonder sometimes, whatever happened to video stores? Why did they go out of business? I would still go there, if they were still in business. I never got into internet streaming or hundreds of channels on satellite TV.
The crime rate in Oklahoma must really be down to be doing this to keep semi law enforcement dolts working.
Well I certainly feel safer now. /s
Obviously she didn’t return it because of racism and white privilege.
If that is the actual tape the stores former owners could be in trouble.
Make a copy for personal use is fine but renting it is a whole other ball game.
Even if she stole it, isn’t there a statute of limitations on it?
First, this is unfortunate that this warrant has been out there for 20 years. She probably moved and that’s why the warrant was never served. Second, how stupid is it that she went to the media and now everyone can Google her name where this incident pops up. Her lawyer could’ve taken care of this with one phone call and the prosecutors office would’ve dismissed it, as they already did. She could’ve had the matter expunged within a couple weeks, and nobody would’ve ever known.
I got a speeding ticket in a certain UT county in 1976. (95 in a 55. He wrote it as 74 and chewed me out royally, otherwise I would have been in jail)
I never went back there or paid it.
I once accidentally and unknowingly returned three VHS movies to Hollywood Video that I’d rented from Blockbuster. Nearly two years later, a massive charge for the movies showed up on my CC. I called Blockbuster to complain, but they insisted that they’d never received them back. That’s when it dawned on me that I might have returned them to HV. I called the assumed HV (there were several in the area I’d previously lived) and the dude I spoke with immediately, without hesitation said “Yeah, we have those right here.” I was shocked that they had held onto them at the ready for that long and nobody managed to walk off with them. Blockbuster got their movies back and reversed the charges entirely.
If she had committed armed robbery in San Francisco or LA, chances are that she would be home free, no bail, no worries. But not returning a two decade old VHS tape, now that is crime~!
Hopefully she learns her lesson now.