Hey, you, Twilight fan! Yeah, you. You loved those books, didn't ya? And those movies? It's pathetic, really. And you checked a bunch of Twilight stuff out of the library, didn't ya? Didn't ya, punk? Don't get snippy with me. Did you return all that Twilight stuff to the library? I'll just stand here while you think. Reeeeal hard. Don't give me attitude! You don't know what I'm talking about? I'll tell you what I'm talking about, punk! I'm talking about your late fees for the Twilight crap! Don't play stupid with me. You owe $36! What the hell are you laughing for? All right, punk. Turn around. Hands behind your back!
A dialogue something like this may have gone down in New Mexico, where Lori Teel, a mother of five, was arrested in front of her children, and hauled off to jail, because she didn't return her Twilight material to the library. Running to check your bookshelves now, are ya?
Yes, incredibly, in a world where a man can yell at his girlfriend that he is "dedicated to hunting you down like a dog in the streets" in front of cops, and NOT go to jail (and then he killed her), a woman who owed the library $36 for Twilight material actually went to jail. This makes sense, right?
Police reportedly went to Lori Teel's home to investigate some kind of "disturbance," and while they were there, they realized she had a warrant out for her arrest. She brought her kids to a neighbor's home and spent the night in jail.
Apparently the original arrest warrant had been sent to an old address. And who even KNEW you could be arrested for not returning books? Give a mom a break! Maybe she got all caught up in a little solo fun time with RPattz and Taylor HOTner. That so wrong?! But Teel says she doesn't even remember checking the stuff out. (Suuure, she doesn't.)
Naturally, Teel says her smallest child is "traumatized" and she's lawyered up. Whether or not her night in the Big House means she should get a payout, I don't know, but being jailed for books? Really?! If people who are pulled over for speeding aren't hauled off to jail, I don't know why a Twilight-loving mom of five would be.
Do think this mom should have gone to jail?
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I think it's bullshit she went to jail over a $40 warrant. The cops must have had a really really show night.
an arrest warrant for $36 in library late fees? did they lock her up in the reference section? ok, bad jokes aside, this is absolutely ridiculous. apparently her bond to get out the next morning was $610!!!!!! methinks perhaps their little library and court system may be in cahoots to get some extra revenue out of people. how disgusting.
Wow!! And abusive ass husbands can threaten their wives and girlfriends and not go to jail ! But keep a book too long and to jail you go. This country is going to hell in a hand basket!!!!
There has got to be more to this story than just a 36$ fine from a library. Also, what kind of disturbance led to the cops being called to her home? Maybe that had a little more to do with her arrest than library late fees 9because I have to say, I have paid many a late fee to my local library and have never been arrested for it. I'm horrible for returning books on time!! The library probably has a line on their bdget for me by now!)
Think of how many crimes were done in the 2 hours it took to arrest and book that poor woman. crazy stuff :(
I don't belive this story... that's far too ridiculous!
wow that is insane.