Library Sends Cops To 5-Year-Old's House For Overdue Books - Polidicks

[QUOTE=faze;34040226]I'm not nitpicking.[/QUOTE] Perhaps that's not the right word, but you get my point. You're looking for something to be angry about in an incident that doesn't merit it.

[QUOTE=faze;34039158]So then it goes to a collection agency. Police have no business in shit like this.[/QUOTE] That's absolutely bullshit. Collections is a far worse fate than the police coming over. If it was turned to collections that girl would automatically have a serious black mark on her credit.

Not to mention it's a small town in Massachusetts, so it's not like they have a someone went on a murdering spree while the police were preoccupied.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;34040297]That's absolutely bullshit. Collections is a far worse fate than the police coming over. If it was turned to collections that girl would automatically have a serious black mark on her credit.[/QUOTE] Didn't know a 5 year old could have credit, or be legally held responsible for an overdue book.

[quote]Back in September, Christopher Anspach was sentenced to 10 days in jail for failing to return his overdue library books after several months and multiple overdue notices. [/quote] I'm more shocked about this. If it's true that is absolutely ridiculous.

[QUOTE=Hobo4President;34040705]I'm more shocked about this. If it's true that is absolutely ridiculous.[/QUOTE] How is it ridiculous? He failed to return things that do not belong to him.

[QUOTE=Sanius;34040793]How is it ridiculous? He failed to return things that do not belong to him.[/QUOTE] 10 years for a few overdue library books? Okay yeah sounds completely fair, a guy loses 10 years of his life because he didn't after a couple of months return a few books. People get less time for much worse crimes. Unless the books were worth thousands of dollars, and even if they were, I can't see how this would be justified.

Oh shit oh shit oh shit, I am screwed.

[QUOTE=Hobo4President;34040862]10 years for a few overdue library books? Okay yeah sounds completely fair, a guy loses 10 years of his life because he didn't after a couple of months return a few books. People get less time for much worse crimes. Unless the books were worth thousands of dollars, and even if they were, I can't see how this would be justified.[/QUOTE] The quote says 10 days.

[QUOTE=Hobo4President;34040862]10 years for a few overdue library books? Okay yeah sounds completely fair, a guy loses 10 years of his life because he didn't after a couple of months return a few books. People get less time for much worse crimes. Unless the books were worth thousands of dollars, and even if they were, I can't see how this would be justified.[/QUOTE] It says days.

[QUOTE=Sanius;34040914]The quote says 10 days.[/QUOTE] Woops, read it as years. My mistake. Still a fine plus community service would be much more justified in my opinion.

[QUOTE=faze;34040518]Didn't know a 5 year old could have credit, or be legally held responsible for an overdue book.[/QUOTE] Anyone can have credit if they have a SSN. That's why identity theft can be a huge problem for children. Someone takes a child's SSN and identity and the kid doesn't even know until he applies for a loan years later and discovers his credit is absolutely trashed. Also, the fact that the child could have been incarcerated for 10 days on a misdemeanor shows that she could be held legally responsible in some degree.

[QUOTE=smeismastger;34039431]Reminds me of the time I rented a movie, forgot to return it in time. And once I went to return I would had to pay 48€. But the seller agreed to lower it to 20€ and the rest to be paid in methods I am not going to list now :v:[/QUOTE] Please, tell more.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;34041296]Anyone can have credit if they have a SSN. That's why identity theft can be a huge problem for children. Someone takes a child's SSN and identity and the kid doesn't even know until he applies for a loan years later and discovers his credit is absolutely trashed. Also, the fact that the child could have been incarcerated for 10 days on a misdemeanor shows that she could be held legally responsible in some degree.[/QUOTE] A 5 year old has no credit nor legal responsibility.

Talking about overdue, my uncle left a book in our house that somehow belongs to a library in the United States. It was borrowed ~15 years ago. [editline]4th January 2012[/editline] No wonder that criminal isn't living in Sweden anymore.

Juvenile Delinquency! [img]http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-monocle.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=faze;34041357]A 5 year old has no credit nor legal responsibility.[/QUOTE] If you have an SSN you have credit.

What an asinine thing to do.

[QUOTE=windwakr;34039600]It doesn't say anywhere that they were contacted multiple times, that's talking about the guy that was jailed for 10 days. In response to: [img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=457079&dateline=1321233418[/img][sub][sub][sub]Oh how I miss you, bad reading rating.[/sub][/sub][/sub] [editline]...[/editline] Bad reading for you box raters, too. Does no one read the fucking articles thoroughly anymore?[/QUOTE] And you, good sir, won a box for that wonderful post. No shit the HuffPo article fails to mention that. You have to go deeper to get the whole story; all the OP gives is the HuffPo's liberal slant. [url]http://www.telegram.com/article/20120103/NEWS/120109907/0/BUSINESS[/url] [h2]Patrons receive a letter or email when a borrowed item is more than two weeks past due. After a month, a bill for the cost of replacement is mailed.[/h2] Oh and this isn't some $3 paperback we're talking about either: [h2]It was her father's $100 audiobook, overdue since April 2009, that placed Tony Benoit's address among the 13 to receive police visits.[/h2]

I think I still have that shitty poetry-book I borrowed about 20 years ago. :v:

[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;34039002]Title is really misleading. 5 year olds don't own homes[/QUOTE] stunning revelations from this post here.

-snip- [editline]00[/editline] And this was mostly justified, ten days is just a little excessive for a single book.

I feel bad for the cop, it sounds like he got forced into it.

[QUOTE=faze;34039464]Pretty sure that police have higher priorities than an overdue book.[/QUOTE] Yeah, like beating the shit out of people exercising their rights at protests.

[QUOTE=faze;34041357]A 5 year old has no credit nor legal responsibility.[/QUOTE] Uh...no. [url]http://www.experian.com/ask-experian/20080709-how-a-minor-may-have-a-credit-report.html[/url]

I think it's sad how they try to turn the main story ("Police sent to house to recover overdue library books") into some story about how the police are like personally assaulting the home and going there just to scare the fuck out of the daughter by coming to get her books when they were coming for the father's long overdue and expensive book Terrible biased source How is the daughter crying even relevant

Nice use of police time

omg deth penaltie now

Lethal injection.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;34041692]If you have an SSN you have credit.[/QUOTE] Can you get a credit card or a car/house loan at 5 years old? No. You don't have any established credit, and when you're a little kid, your parent/guardian has legal responsibility for shit like that.