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A man rented Freddy Got Fingered in 2002 and has been arrested for not bringing it back

James Meyers found there was a warrant for his arrest when he was pulled over.

A NORTH CAROLINA man says he was arrested for failing to return a VHS tape that he rented in 2002.

James Meyers says he was driving his daughter to school on Tuesday when a police officer pulled him over for a broken rear light.

He says the officer told him there was a warrant out for his arrest from 2002, because Meyers had rented the movie Freddy Got Fingered starring Tom Green and never returned it.

Meyers says the officer let him take his daughter to school and go to work, as long as he promised to turn himself in to the police department later that day.

Meyers showed media outlets the arrest warrant on Wednesday. He was booked on a charge of failure to return rental property.

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    Mute thefunnyman
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    Mar 24th 2016, 9:47 PM

    If James goes to jail for this he’ll probably get fingered too.

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    Mute ocJBI3Df
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    Mar 25th 2016, 7:15 AM

    Priceless

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    Mute Derek Lyster
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    Mar 24th 2016, 9:47 PM

    It’s a crime to rent it in the first place

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    Mute GI Joe
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    Mar 24th 2016, 9:49 PM

    Is the video shop still open

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    Mute ads20101
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    Mar 25th 2016, 9:20 AM

    No, the shop has been closed for a while.

    However if authorities continue to prosecute he could be fined $200.

    The film company has agreed to pay costs in this case.

    Talk about free publicity for a film that was long dead. More than $200 I’d say.

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    Mute Harry Whitehead
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    Mar 27th 2016, 5:38 AM

    “I’m talking about 40 million fcuking deutschmarks here Bob!”

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    Mute Liam Morgan
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    Mar 24th 2016, 10:07 PM

    Daddy want a sausage ?

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    Mute Stibby
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    Mar 25th 2016, 1:11 AM

    Ha daddy would you like some saus-a-jiz !.. ah back when times where alot simpler

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    Mute John Fergus
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    Mar 24th 2016, 11:39 PM

    its like something a person would read from the waterford whispers.

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    Mute Noah Wilson
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    Mar 24th 2016, 11:49 PM

    Yur rite dere boi.

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Mar 24th 2016, 9:47 PM

    That’s some headline !

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    Mute Boganity
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    Mar 25th 2016, 2:08 AM

    Ah the old broken red light ruse…in the USA it overruled the constitution

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    Mute Noah Wilson
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    Mar 24th 2016, 10:09 PM

    One of the worst films of all time on most film review sites.
    ‘A crime against humanity’ Rotten Tomatoes.
    ‘Was there no one to shout “CUT”‘
    Cult status now.

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    Mute Gary Stewart
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    Mar 24th 2016, 10:57 PM

    One of the worst movies ever. Not sure how Tom Greene was ever really a thing in the first place.

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    Mute Danny Nash
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    Mar 24th 2016, 11:10 PM

    I thought it was funny, probably not everyones sense of humour though. I’ve seen 100′s of films worse with poor production, acting and poorly written

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    Mute James Ó Cianáin
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    Mar 25th 2016, 8:59 PM

    Loved it. Quoted it for years, it was so bizarrely silly but not everyone’s cuppa tea!

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    Mute Uncle Monty
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    Mar 24th 2016, 9:49 PM

    It was a shite film but it could have been worse. He could have rented ‘Any Officer and a Genitalman’.

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Mar 24th 2016, 10:27 PM

    I thought it was ‘An Orifice And A Gentle Hand’

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    Mute Marc Power
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    Mar 24th 2016, 10:22 PM

    I love the USA but this is a total waste of police and other resources in the land of everyone can have a gun

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    Mute Ulick Magee
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    Mar 25th 2016, 12:52 PM

    What’s your point?

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    Mute Owen McDermott
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    Mar 25th 2016, 3:03 PM

    Are ya just jellis?

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    Mar 24th 2016, 10:14 PM

    He should have been arrested for renting it in the first place. Awful movie.

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    Mar 24th 2016, 9:52 PM

    Krueger still lives..hope it wasn’t his own fingers

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    Mar 25th 2016, 8:33 AM

    what sort of backwards man would want him to be arrested for that.

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    Mar 25th 2016, 12:26 AM

    But it’s cool for Tom green to hump a dead moose

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    Mar 25th 2016, 12:45 AM

    My bum is on your lips

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    Mar 25th 2016, 12:08 AM

    Daddy would like some sausages? X7

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    Mar 25th 2016, 9:23 AM

    He should have been arrested for renting it

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    Mar 25th 2016, 8:38 AM

    I thought of that film recently, I’d like to see it again…… Sausages

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    Mute Eoin Gregory
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    Mar 25th 2016, 8:32 AM

    Tom Green is a dope

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    Mar 25th 2016, 9:57 AM

    He deserves to be arrested just for renting anything by Tom Green.

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    Mar 26th 2016, 10:17 AM

    THE US cops must have the Pulse computers same as the garda, Holding all that data for years, No getting away from the strong arm of the law, you can run, but you can’t hide.

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    Mar 25th 2016, 8:17 AM

    All of us have thought of doing it. Now that I think of it, I’m sure it was worth it.

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    Mar 25th 2016, 10:33 AM

    Freddy got fingered a fiendish headline

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    Mar 25th 2016, 2:35 PM

    I wonder how much he owed in late charges? :)

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