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- A woman was charged with felony embezzlement for failing to return a movie to a now-defunct video store more than 20 years ago.
- Caron McBride, a 52 year-old woman living in Texas, told FOX 25 she first learned of the decades-old issue when she went online to change her name on her driver’s license.
- “The first thing she told me was felony embezzlement, so I thought I was gonna have a heart attack,” McBride said. “Before she told me what the charge was regarding, she told me she was even embarrassed to say what it was for.”
A woman was charged with felony embezzlement for failing to return a VHS tape to a now-defunct video store more than 20 years ago.
Caron McBride, a 52 year-old woman living in Texas, told FOX 25 she first learned of the decades-old issue when she went online to change her name on her driver’s license. McBride said she sent an email to make an appointment and discovered she “had an issue in Oklahoma,” adding that she was given a number to call to sort it out.
The number McBride dialed reached the Cleveland, Okla., District Attorney’s Office, where a woman promptly informed her of the charge.
“The first thing she told me was felony embezzlement, so I thought I was gonna have a heart attack,” McBride said. “Before she told me what the charge was regarding, she told me she was even embarrassed to say what it was for.”
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McBride is wanted for allegedly failing to return a VHS copy of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” to Movie Place in Norman, Okla. — a television show she told FOX 25 she has no memory of renting.
“I had lived with a young man, this was over 20 years ago. He had two kids, daughters that were 8, 10 or 11 years old, and I’m thinking he went and got it and didn’t take it back or something. I have never watched that show in my entire life, just not my cup of tea,” McBride said. “Meanwhile, I’m a wanted felon for a VHS tape.”
“I had never watched the show before, so when the woman told me what tape it was, I knew it couldn’t have been me,” McBride added. “Funny enough, my husband and I decided to look it up online last night and watch together for the first time… it’s still not my cup of tea.”
The Cleveland County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the case and confirmed to McBride that it had been expunged, according to the outlet.
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