GRAFTON, Wis. - A Grafton woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. Heidi Dalibor, 20, told the News Graphic in Cedarburg 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 saied officers follow the same procedure with every warrant.

Library director John Hanson said 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 overdue paperbacks "White Oleander" and "Angels and Demons" and her mother nearly $172 to get her out of custody.

Cedarburg is like that. They pull people over for doing 29 in a 25 zone, too. I can't stand that town.

And if she's from Grafton, she should know better...lol

Yep. Sounds like the police state is progressing just fine.

For America, Comrades.

whats next? getting fined for picking your nose in public?!

Public Libraries run on funds from donations and library fines. These funds help the programs the encourage reading in children and continued reading in adults.

Most libraries charge a 5-10 cents a day fines, so imagine how long this woman had the book. She could have purchased that same book for about $8, instead she chose to let the telephone calls and letter reminding her of her overdue book go without any communication to the library.

A warrant was issued for her arrest not for the library fines but for failure to appear in court. She's lucky her fine wasn't higher.

Way to go library. Don't let those people push you around. You let people borrow books for free and all you ask is they bring them back in a timely manner and they cant even do that.

PLK1966 is right. She wasn't arrested for her fines she was arrested for defying a court order to appear.

Libraries are struggling in many communities. Given the important services they provide I think that is a real shame. News like this doesn't help them but it really isn't the libraries fault.