GRAFTON - She didn't return the books to the library, so they "threw the book" at her.

Grafton police arrested, cuffed and fingerprinted a woman because she didn't return two overdue library books.

When Heidi Dalibor checked out two books from the Grafton Library, she never imagined that months later those books would lead to an arrest.

Doliber couldn't believe the day two Grafton police officers came to her house, armed with an arrest warrant for failing to return library books and a $171 fine.

“We just went to the car and he told me he had to handcuff me. I was a little surprised and told them I didn't think that was necessary. He said that was procedure, cuffed me, grabbed my head and put me in the car,” Doliber said.

Doliber went to the police station and was booked for those overdue books.

“I think it was blown a little out of proportion,” Doliber said.

Doliber checked out Angels and Demons and White Oleander, but never returned them. The library sent her two notices and gave two calls, but the books weren't returned.

That's when they turned the case over to police. The police gave her notice she had to appear in court or pay the fine. That didn't happen and the courts issued an arrest warrant.

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“Under those circumstances the warrant says we shall arrest, so that's why it got to the point it did,” Grafton Police Chief Charles Wenten said.

Reports show several other people that didn't return their library books. They were issued a fine or ordered in to court. In those cases, they either paid the fine or went to court.

“Yeah I 100 percent admit it was my fault. I should have paid it,” Doliber said. “I can't really blame the cops. They were doing what they had to do.”