The Insane World We Live In

A former Oklahoma resident has lost a few jobs along life’s way, but never really understood why. 

 

Now living in Texas, she recently married and applied for a change of name on her driver license. She was denied.  It turns out that she had an active warrant for a felony embezzlement charge for the past two decades after allegedly never returning a rented VHS tape to a now-closed movie rental store in Norman, Oklahoma in 1999. 

 

She did get the district attorney to drop the case, but problems continue.  "Just because the district attorney’s office dismissed the case, it doesn’t make the case completely go away," Ed Blau, who runs a criminal defense firm in Oklahoma City, sys.  "It’s not as simple as just filling out a form. You actually have to sue the state of Oklahoma and clear your record!"

 

"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," the alleged criminal said. "Meanwhile, I'm a wanted felon for a VHS tape."

 

She’ll probably now be charged with voter fraud, because she was a felon for the last 20 years. 

 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.