can you please provide an explanation to this?
Unreturned library books can mean jail By Will Weissert about issue arrest warrants. Amoclated Press 70 miles It's an Issue that has Economic pressure AUSTIN, Texas - Call it northwest cost libraries a lot of mon- Indiana-based Unique throwing the book at the of Austin, a ey. Nearly 150 libraries in Texas participated in a Management Services is a 2002 . ordi bookworms. "collection" agency that A Texas man who was nance man- survey earlier this year works with more than dates a $200 arrested for failing to re- that found 966,000 items 1,600 libraries nationwide turn an overdue library fine for each were checked out long to recover overdue ma- book ignited an online Jory Enck library item that goes un- enough to be considered lost, said Gloria Meraz, a terials and administer flurry of snarky com- fines and fees. During sluggish economic times, ments and headlines returned 20 days after a written notice is sent de- spokeswoman for the Tax- as Library Association. libraries became more ea- about the Lone Star State manding its return.' If the ger to recover unreturned crime bravado to books. fine isn't pald, the munici- Among the most nota- extending its tough-on- books, said Kenes Bowl; But such cases aren't un- pal court issues a warrant, ble library-related ar- spokesman Kevin rests came in 2011, when a ing, the agency's custom- heard of, and many com- Keller said. Keller said he man from Newton, Iowa, erved more than a week er development manager. They feel the budget- munities faced with shrinking budgetsandris- didn't know how many people had been jailed on in jail for failing to return library-related offenses. 11 library books and six ary pressure, no doubt," CDa worth $770. Iowa law he said. "But what we've ing costs have ordinances classifies failure to return seen over the years is calling for fines or even that, no matter what the Hi- arrest warrants when Hi- "I was a police officer for 12 years, and while it brary property isn't re- wasn't a regular daily library materials the town has a 1993 or- brary does, there's still a percentage of folks, who turned. In Texas alone, the is- thing, we had maybe a couple of these a year," he dinance, said Sue Padilla, said, adding that he didn't director of the Newton H- need third-party encour- agement." suo has cost libraries an estimated $18 million. know why Enck's arrest in brary. Padilla said she saw a That includes a woman whose excuse for unre- Jory Enck learned that October got so much at- spike inreturned overdue turned books ranks as the hard way. He was ar- tention. materials after the arrest. Bowling's favorite: Ho rested for not returning GED study guide that he Pricey losses "We did notice that some things that had been said sho claimed the leg on her dining room table checked out three years had broken, "and the ago in the central Texas In that case, police out for quite a while did suddenly come back," she stack of books under it community of Copperas were called to the 22-year- said. were just right." Cove, Enck declined to old's apartment on an un- comment to the Associate ed Press, but he told the related disturbance Killeen Daily Herald that charge, but officers ar- he wouldn't set foot in all- rested him after finding a brary again: "T think I will past warrant for the study probably just purchase a guide, Enck was released book from Amazon." on a $200 bond, requested A Texas state law took time-served, and re- effect in September that turned the book, He said he couldn't do it earlier defines the failure to re- because he'd checked it turn library books as, ' out before beginning a theft. The law, which three-year prison term doesn't trump stricter for robbery. community ordinances, Being jailed for ab- mandates up to a $100 fine sconding with library ma- per offense. Other states also call terials "is an uncommon occurrence but can hap- for fines or even arrest pen once in a while," said warrants in such cases, in- Mark Gould of the Chi- cluding Vermont, Maine cago-based American LI- and Iowa - overdue-book where an brary Association. But he offender said there was no accu- was jailed for a week. rate count on how many In Copperas Cove, states and communities9. The attached article titled "Unreturned library books can mean jail," mentions that "Iowa law classifies failure to return library materials as ...., which has been excluded from the copy of the article that you have attached to this exam. Indiana follows the same legal principle as Iowa. What is the criminal issue that individuals can be arrested and put in jail, if they do not return the library materials? a. robbery b. conversion c. burglary d. theft e. none of these10. The attached article titled "Unreturned library books can mean jail," mentions that "Iowa law classifies failure to return library materials as ...., which has been excluded from the copy of the article that you have attached to this exam. What is the civil issue that the library can allege to either get the items back or their value, if the materials are not returned to the library? a. robbery b. conversion c. burglary d. theft e. none of these
