You better check that old bookcase and return any over due BlockBuster VHS movies!!
Woman Hit With Embezzlement Charges for 20-Year-Old Overdue VHS Tape Rental
My how we’ve forgotten what a big deal late fees used to be. In 1999, an Oklahoman woman rented a VHS tape of the then-hit sitcom, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. About two decades later, that VHS tape has come back to haunt her, after her failure to return it ended up branding her record with felony embezzlement charges.
Caron McBride, now living in Texas, first learned about the charges after heading to a local DMV to change her name on her driver’s license after getting married. She explained to KOKH, a local Fox News affiliate, that the DMV alerted her about an “issue” she had back in her home state: charges accusing her of felony embezzlement of rented property back in 2000. McBride would later tell the station that she (understandably) didn’t even remember renting the movie in the first place.
“I mean, I didn’t try to deceive anyone over Samantha (Sabrina) the Teenage Witch. I swear,” McBride said...
...Thankfully, there is a happy ending here. The Cleveland Court where McBride’s case was initially filed was ordered to drop the charges and expunge her record..