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Prince George's County authorities have accused 12 Marylanders of stealing $87,000 worth of textbooks from the local library, and reselling them at deep discounts for quick cash.
County prosecutors said Tuesday that the suspects, at least some of whom were related, withdrew close to the limit of 75 books from the library system, according to the AP. Each is charged with theft over $500 and faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
Book 'em, Dano.
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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.
Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme. 
Comments
Such a reprehensible story.
"Book em", haha - good one.
Posted by: NotableM | November 11, 2009 3:26 PM
What about the shops that buy these books? C'mon they know they are stolen.
Posted by: RSD | November 12, 2009 10:36 AM
sold to shops?- or were they sold to college students?
some how- loving books and the "circulation" system the way i do (i swoon over dewey decimals)
this does not seem, to me, that bad of a crime!
altho stealing from a library might b best punished in some Islamic way- loss of an eye? a finger (do i contradict myself?).
text books are books that are read! that's a good thing...i like people who are willing to pay TO READ
i also work at the jail- so this gives us more business
Posted by: david eberhardt | November 15, 2009 2:01 PM