Arrested for a library book?

In 2004 I checked out a book about the botched AOL-Time Warner merger from the Cedar Rapids library.  It was a terrible book and I forgot to return it.  

The chief of police in Anamosa is a friend of mine.  He knew about my indiscretion and urged me to come clean.  He said, "You could probably get away with it, but people have been arrested for overdue books."  I basically said, "Yeah, right."  This spring I became paranoid about something screwing up my job in the UAE so I went to the library and confessed.  Fortunately, it cost me less than $30 and there were no handcuffs.

According to The Gazette this poor woman from Independence wasn't so lucky.