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PICKENS, SC (FOX Carolina) -
A Pickens woman has been arrested and charged after deputies said she failed to return a Jennifer Lopez movie she rented in 2005.
Kayla Michelle Finley, 27, has been charged with failure to return a rented video cassette, according to the Pickens County Sheriff's Office.
According to warrants Finely rented Monster-In-Law from Dalton Video, which is no longer in business, in 2005 and the tape was not returned within 72 hours.
Finley was sent letters to return the video several times but never responded, according to the warrant. It also said a certified warrant was sent to the woman on Sept. 12, 2005.
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/24727891/deputies-pickens-woman-charged-for-failing-to-return-jennifer-lopez-dvd
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)that after a business has ceased to exist, the company can't bill anyone. That's what they told me when Hollywood Video (which I really liked) closed down.
malaise
(269,260 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)& it appears that they did. Otherwise, why the active warrant? This didn't just come out of nowhere.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)The South Carolina Bench Book is somewhat less sweeping: South Carolina does not have a general statute of limitations for criminal actions; however, in a few very rare instances, a period of limitations is incorporated in specific criminal statutes
SECTION 16-13-420 of the Code of Laws covers failure to return rented property and does not appear to provide a statute of limitations
malaise
(269,260 posts)Thanks
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)1000words
(7,051 posts)She managed to keep that flick out of circulation for nine years. Well done!
packman
(16,296 posts)I still have a book taken out from a university library from 1998 - meant to return it (honest), but it got packed up in a moving box and one thing lead to another, years passed, and that's the truth officer.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)hasn't she been punished enough?
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)hunter
(38,341 posts)Our police and sheriffs department won't respond to much beyond blood and fire.
Fender bender? Anybody hurt? No? File a report on our internet site or call the community services officer.
Somebody threw a brick through your window? Anybody hurt? No? File a report on our internet site or call the community services officer.
Kids painting graffiti on your wall? File a report on our internet site or call the community services officer.
Video tape rented in 2005 and not returned? They'd probably laugh at you.