A North Carolina man was arrested for not returning a VHS tape of a movie he rented 14 years ago, from a rental store that closed 10 years ago.
On his way while driving his daughter to school, James Meyers was pulled over by an officer for a broken brake light, and the license check brought up the fact that there was a warrant for his arrest for him not returning a 2001 VHS rental of “Freddie Got Fingered,” a misdemeanor in North Carolina.
Meyers had never been arrested before and described the entire process as humiliating.
“They took my belt. I was trying to hold my pants up while trying to sign papers,” he told ABC News. “It was very embarrassing.”
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The warrant for his arrest had been written in February of 2002. Meyers was released from jail after he signed a written promise.
On Facebook, Meyers complained about the fact that the state was devoting resources to arresting people like him for trivial mistakes when people, like 6 of his friends, were dying from heroin.
“Good job NC, your incompetent institution never ceases to amaze me,” Meyers wrote. “As soon as I get this crap worked out? It’s time to get the hell out of this state, possibly even the country.”
Meyers made a video describing his ordeal, which quickly spread across the internet, and eventually the star of the movie he had rented, Tom Green, called him up and made a personal apology.
“He was so cool; he was a class act. It made me feel a lot better because of all the stress that is going on,” Meyers said of Green.
Watch Meyers’s full video complaint below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oraOhB_Mig