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Overdue copy of ‘Freddy Got Fingered’ gets man arrested
Arrested for an overdue movie?A VHS?? WTH??
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Overdue VHS copy of ‘Freddy Got Fingered’ gets man arrested — after 14 years
A North Carolina man was arrested and charged this week for failing to return a VHS rental, “Freddy Got Fingered,” to a now-defunct video store some 14 years ago.
James Meyers, 37, was driving his daughter to school Tuesday when he was pulled over for a burned-out tail light; after police ran his license, he got the news from an officer.
“He finally comes back and he’s like, ‘Sir, can you step out of the car?’ “The guy brings me to the back of the car and he goes, ‘Sir, I don’t know how to tell you this but there’s a warrant for your arrest from 2002. Apparently, you rented a movie, ‘Freddy Got Fingered,’ and you never returned it.
Concord police said in a statement that the warrant was issued in February 2002 by J&J Video in Salisbury, N.C. The warrant, which is signed by a magistrate, directs law enforcement officials to arrest a person and take them before a judicial official without unnecessary delay to answer to the charges.
Later in the day, Meyers came to the Concord Police Department to be served with the arrest warrant. Officers are required by policy to handcuff anyone prior to entering the secured area inside of the magistrate’s office.
When Tom Green — who wrote, directed and starred (as Gord Brody) in the crude 2001 comedy — heard about the criminal charge, he said he wanted to help.
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