By Jim Hagarty
2014
Finally some good news.
Think the passage of time can put you out of reach of the long arm of the law? Think again. Justice for many of the unfortunate citizens of the United States with all their corruption, killings and chaos is often slow to be realized but maybe that is changing.
In Pickens, South Carolina, a lawbreaking movie watcher was arrested and taken to jail this week. And well she should have been. Nine years ago she rented a video from a local store and never returned it. So she was charged with failing to return a rented video cassette – a very serious offence – and taken to jail where she spent one night in a cell.
Pickens County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Creed Hashe says Finley rented the movie Monster-in-Law from Dalton Videos in 2005. The owner took out a warrant against Finley, who was arrested when she was at the sheriff’s office for something else and the warrant was found. (Actually she should also be charged with watching a movie called Monster-in-Law but we’ll let that go for now.)
Chief Deputy Hashe, who also answers to the name Barney Fife, says Finley had been sent several certified letters at the time. She says she never got the letters and that she will fight the charge.
Ya, right. If you’re looking for any signs of the truth in that woman’s brain, I can bet you it will be slim pickins.
