Attempted Robbery of a Library

[Pepper]

Updated: Wednesday, April 2 2014, 05:35 PM CDT Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) A man is accused of trying to rob, of all places, a Mobile Public Library. It happened Tuesday afternoon at the Ben May Main Library on Government Street. "She first thought it was an April's Fool's joke," said public relations officer Amber Guy.

Though it was April Fool's Day, what happened was no prank. Police say Walter Jeznach, 45, put a note on the checkout counter demanding cash. Guy said the librarian explained they didn't have any money. "They only thing we have that we charge for are DVDs. They really are the best deal in town. It's 75 cents to check out for a week, so we never are going to have a lot of money on hand," said Guy.

"This is the first of its kind that officers responded to a library for a commercial robbery," said Officer Terence Perkins. Police say they caught Jeznach about minutes later and arrested him for robbery. "Although, he did not get away with any cash, he's still charged with robbery for passing a note demanding cash," said Perkins. Police say Jeznach did not have a weapon, and no one was hurt.

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[CeaBee]

doan sound like a bad idea

me nuh know how me woulda get the kingle books though

[Pepper]

I think my local library recently raised the overdue fines to 25 cents per day....up from 10 cents per day.

[Gen]

he would be outa luck up here.

we use kiosks to take payment, suh not even 10 cents inna dem register/draw

[CeaBee]

oh is money him did a tief

me did think seh him was a fellow reader.

[Pepper]

oh is money him did a tief

me did think seh him was a fellow reader.

BOAL!!!! Yuh did tink him go fi tief di books dem allow yuh to tek home fi free. Although him obviously not too sharp, so maybe that was the second part of his backfired plan.

[kia027]

I think my local library recently raised the overdue fines to 25 cents per day....up from 10 cents per day.

25cents a day :whooa:

I betcha all the local FL homeschoolers gwine have a revolt

[Gen]

I think is still 15c here and we have NUFF branches.

still the whole system seem to be far from profitable suh is not like any teef a guh find any big money there, a mean that a the last place smaddy fi try rob.

[kia027]

I think is still 15c here and we have NUFF branches.

still the whole system seem to be far from profitable suh is not like any teef a guh find any big money there, a mean that a the last place smaddy fi try rob.

could be why they are trying to sell the Main Branch on 5th & 42nd st



Main branch worth robbing for some good books but not for fine $$

[Gen]

yes quite a few branches here in prime location are being considered for sale to developers.

a lot of the branches are stand alone buildings (some historic) with a few floors at most, so developers come calling to buy and build high rise buildings.

i think one potential deal i saw had the developer offering library space for free on the ground/lower floors (along with cash for the property)

the main branch rents out for events though, weddings etc and mi did read it always booked so maybe dem need to charge more


oh the good old days of going there to look for microfiche, lawd i don't miss those days

[j-kid]

Dis guy is not very book smart, is he?

Maybi him was truing fi correct dat deficit by meking an intellectual withdrawal.

Him saw di drive-up book deposit an tink sey it was bank, soh him goh in fi mek a personal withdrawal of his own.

[turtledude]

Soooo....they took him to the police station and *booked* him?

[j-kid]

Memba di days wen yuh could not talk inna Library? Do they still throw yuh outa NYC Library after two warning?

Round ah fi mi neck ah di woods, wedda inna College Lib, or public Libraries, yuh would tink sey yuh inna di public park wid di amount ah laughter, chattering, pickney ah mek noise, an phone ringing whe ah gwan!

[kia027]

Memba di days wen yuh could not talk inna Library? Do they still throw yuh outa NYC Library after two warning?

Round ah fi mi neck ah di woods, wedda inna College Lib, or public Libraries, yuh would tink sey yuh inna di public park wid di amount ah laughter, chattering, pickney ah mek noise, an phone ringing whe ah gwan!

These days they are happy to see people IN the library

[blugiant]

Soooo....they took him to the police station and *booked* him?

book imm dan o reggae chune