A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines.
Twenty-year-old Heidi Dalibor told the News Graphic in Cedarburg that she ignored the library's calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.
Still, she was surprised when officers with a warrant knocked on her door, cuffed her and took her to the police station to be fingerprinted and photographed.
Police Capt. Joe Gabrish says officers follow the same procedure with every warrant.
Library director John Hanson says a couple of dozen people are cited each year for failure to return materials or pay fines.
The incident cost Dalibor about $30 for the two overdue paperbacks. It cost her mother $172 to free her.
Heidi Dalibor did not think that keeping the library books "Angels and Demons" and "White Oleander" past their due date would end with police taking her from her home in handcuffs. That is exactly what happened to the Grafton, Minnesota woman.
Heidi Dalibor admits that she received two notices and two calls that she had to either pay a fine for the books or appear in court. When she ignored the notices, the courts issued a warrant for her arrest and two Grafton Police Officers executed the arrest.
"Yeah, I 100 percent admit it was my fault," Heidi Dalibor said. "I should have paid it. I can't really blame the cops. They were just doing what they had to do."
