A New Mexico woman was handcuffed and taken to jail this month for $35.98 in library fines. The Portales Public Library's
records show that Lori Teel checked out Stephenie Meyer's book
"Twilight" and a two-DVD set of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" in 2010
and never returned them.
The overdue library fines led to a summons to appear in court; when Teel
failed to do that, a warrant was issued for her arrest. Teel says she
never got any notices, because they were sent to an old address and
returned to the court, undeliverable.
Teel was arrested in front of her five children, ages 1 to 10. Police
had been called to her home to investigate a disturbance when they
discovered the warrant for Teel.
“Honestly, it was awful,” Teel said of the arrest and her night in the Roosevelt County Detention Center. “For me, it was very awful because I have never been in trouble for anything in my life.”Her children, ages 1 to 10, stayed in a neighbor’s home until Teel was released the following morning on $610 bond.
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Via Twilightish
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