Tika Sumpter says mom was arrested for overdue library book

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According to Tika Sumpter, her mother, Janice Acquista, was arrested over an overdue library book in North Carolina.

“Make sure you turn in your library books North Carolina!” Sumpter tweeted on Monday. “My mom was just arrested for having a late fee of 10 dollars on an overdue book!”

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“An overdue book should NEVER result in a warrant,” she added before tagging Smithfield County library, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper to say, “This is a legal scam.”

What’s more, Sumpter said that her mother actually returned the book, but it was never entered into the system.

The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, for its part, said that Acquista was arrested for a bad check, though it was not immediately clear if the bad check was related to the library book or not.