http://abcnews.go.com/US/nc-man-arrested-returning-rental-vhs-tape-14/story?id=37897366/

Man Arrested for Not Returning 14-Year-Old VHS Tape

A North Carolina man says he was arrested for not returning a video cassette tape he rented 14 years ago.

James Meyers Jr., a single dad from Concord, said he was driving his 10-year-old daughter to school at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when police pulled him over for a broken brake light. Meyers gave the police officers his driver’s license and was shocked when they said there was a warrant out for his arrest for not returning a VHS rental, "Freddy Got Fingered," from 2002, he said.

"They were chitchatting with me and talking about how ridiculous this is," Meyers told ABC News today. "Then they arrested me.

"Because I had my daughter in the car and we were on the way to school they said that I could take my daughter to school and go to work and then find a babysitter, and then come into the police and turn myself in."

He did so, and was processed at the Concord Police Department on a charge of "failure to return hired property" before being transferred to Cabarrus County Jail, where he was released on a written promise, according to a police arrest report. Meyers, who said he has no idea what became of the tape, is scheduled to appear in court next month.

The arrest warrant had been issued on Feb. 28, 2002, police said in a news release.

Meyers, a drum and bass musician, said he had never been arrested before, and said the ordeal was very humiliating. "They took my belt, I was trying to hold my pants up while trying to sign papers,” he said. “It was very embarrassing."

"It scared my daughter,” he said. “She thought I was going to jail for a bad brake light."

Meyers rented the VHS from J&J Video in Salisbury, North Carolina, according to police. "The store has been closed for about 10 years now, if I'm not mistaken,” he said.

Meyers said Tom Green, the writer, director and star of "Freddy Got Fingered," reached out to him from his stand-up comedy tour in Australia when he heard the news, in addition to tweeting his reaction to the news about his 2001 action-comedy film: "I just saw this and I am struggling to believe it is real."

"I got a phone call from Australia, so I just happened to randomly answer," Meyers said. "Tom Green called and started singing to me on the other end of the phone. He said not to worry, and he can help anyway he can, and please keep in contact with him and keep him updated.

"He was so cool, he was a class act. It made me feel a lot better because of all the stress that is going on."

can anyone say "statute of limitations"?...

next time you better return that Tape!

Unless, an actual complaining witness steps forward,
charges should be dismissed.

i was thinking that same thing... besides the statute of limitations thingy, the "victim" has to prove the charges..

...pft...pfft...pfffffft

He should be executed with a 50 cal. Anti-aircraft gun.

And God help him if he didnt rewind.....

does the store even exist anymore?

Can you say nanny state?

Honestly, if that were here it would be either tossed out or they would have to pay restitution to the owner and then the case would get tossed.

The statute is to bring charges against someone. If someone say files charges and the DA thinks there is enough evidence to go to trial they will issue a warrant and once the warrants out there that doesn't apply.

I am down in Vegas for interview and interrogation training and I was talking to a Metro cop and he said that almost everyone they come across has a warrant or two and he said if they are minor (like a traffic violation etc) they will NOT confirm the warrant to dispatch and kick the person loose.

The Star of that VSH movie, Tom Green Steps in Offers to Pay Fine for this guy.

A North Carolina man found himself in handcuffs on Tuesday for failing to return a VHS of a Tom Green movie he rented back in 2002.

James Meyers, of Concord, was pulled over on Tuesday for a broken taillight and when the police officer who stopped him ran his license he informed Meyers there was a warrant out for his arrest, local station WSOC TV reported.

“The officer said, 'I don’t know how to tell you this but there’s a warrant out for your arrest from 2002. Apparently you rented the movie "Freddy Got Fingered" and never returned it.' I thought he was joking,” Meyers told the news station.

He was driving his daughter to school, and the officer let him continue on his way with a promise to turn himself in later. Meyers said he expected his warrant would be sorted out when he went to the station later in the day, but he was put in handcuffs and charged with failure to return rental property, which is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $200.

Meyers said he vaguely recalls renting the unpopular film from J&J’s Video, which has since closed.

After WSOC ran a story on Meyers’ bizarre arrest, Green weighed in on Twitter.

The movie star then called Meyers and spoke to him over the phone.

Green told the New York Daily News he would like to put in a good word for Meyers and help the “Freddy” fan with his expenses.

"If it’s 200 bucks of course I’ll pay it for him, just for the principle of the thing,” Green said.

Meyers told Channel 9 he is concerned with the amount of time police spent on his arrest.

“They’re not focusing on the crimes I think they should be focusing on,” Meyers said, according to WSOC. “That hour the cops sat out there with me, the hour and a half I was down in the magistrate's office could have been spent somewhere else.”

“Freddy Got Fingered” flopped at the box office and has an 11 percent rating on movie review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/03/24/man-arrested-for-failing-to-return-vhs-movie-star-tom-green-weighs-in/?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork

I always heard Tom Green was an a$$hole, but by that sounds of it he is a really decent guy! I have a lot of respect for him now.

Nope, out of business years ago.

Just another reason for me to never visit old dixie.

It must have been a good movie to keep it for 14 years

Debbie does Dallas, maybe

seems it wasn't Freddie,but James who got fingered!

The store had be closed for 10 years.

Oh boy
What would happen if you don't return a library book on time?