Apr 29, 2021
One of the more bizarre stories this week was the reports of a woman being charged with a felony for not returning a Sabrina The Teenage Which VHS tape that was due back 21 years ago! Mario and Courtney had to weigh in on the madness. Listen back to the hilarity below learn even more about the story right here!
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Woman Faces 21-Year-Old Felony Charges For Unreturned VHS Tape
Sabrina The Teenage Witch VHS tape 21 years ago to a now-closed rental store. What do
you think?
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch VHS Leads to a Felony Charge
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A Texas woman has taken her case public after learning that a video rental store had pressed felony charges against her in 1999 for a never-returned rental copy of
Sabrina the Teenage Witch. According to Caron McBride, she never rented the VHS tape, but a Movie Place video store in Norman, Oklahoma, reportedly pressed charges when the tape wasn t returned. Movie Place is no longer in business, but after she married and wanted to change her name, she discovered that a warrant was out for her arrest on felony charges of embezzlement of rental property, presumably filed by the video store before it closed.
Yep you read that right! And before you judge me, there may be a warrant out for your arrest too if you have overdue VHS tapes you didn t return.
I know it s hard to go back in your mind to a time that was pre-Netflix, Hulu and fire sticks... but do your best to stay with me on this one. I can t make this stuff up. So, go back with me about a hundred years back. Well, not quite 100, but a looooong time ago when we physically browsed the aisles of movie rental joints to select a flick to rent for a day or two (I think for a small additional fee, you could rent tapes for the weekend) Now, imagine that you forget to return the video and 21 years later, you find out there s a warrant for your arrest! Terrifying, right?!?! WHERE THEY DO THAT ATTTTT??