[wimpycat]

We all have our little vices, but...

[wimpycat]

bookworm bump

[dennisw]

84-year-old Californian
Faces Library Theft Charges
An octogenarian was slated to appear in court January 22 on charges of stealing more than 3,100 items from the Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks libraries in California. Ernest Heyneman, 84, of Simi Valley, is charged with allegedly stealing some $26,000 worth of materials from the two libraries.
According to investigators, Heyneman would check out materials, remove their security strips at his home, and then return them to the library. After the items were reshelved, he would take the desensitized materials, which went undetected by sensors. Library officials discovered the scheme when Heyneman turned out to have been the last person to borrow a large number of missing books. Officials then examined his most recent returns and found their security strips missing.

Prosecutors say they won’t ask for jail time because of Heyneman’s age and clean record. Instead they may request his banishment from all county libraries.

Thousand Oaks Library Services Director Steve Brodgen told the Associated Press January 14 that staff felt betrayed “to know he was doing this” when Heyneman was “so friendly and kind to people there.”

[Mark]

deputies say they raided Heyneman's hilltop home and found $26,000 worth of books, video and audio tapes and CDs from the Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley libraries.

Gots to have a lot of bucks to be living in his hilltop home. Hit him heavy in his pocketbook.

[Glutton]

"(Judge Throws Book at California Man)"

Did he remove the sensor tag and throw it back at the judge?

I'm just curious, mind you. ;-D

[Waco]

Judge threw the book at him. He stole it. Entrapment! Entrapment, I say! Ha, his lawyer says the same thing!

[lexington minuteman 1775]

He could be sentenced to going shopping with Wynona Ryder.HE probably has a system for removing tags better than she does

[weegee]

Hold muh library card bump!