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Man says he was arrested for not returning 2002 VHS rental

CONCORD, N.C.

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 Tuesday when a police officer pulled him over for a defective taillight.

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 Wednesday. He was booked on a charge of failure to return rental property.

Alabama city cracking down on diaperless horses

SELMA, Ala.

The west Alabama city of Selma is planning a crackdown on what one councilman says is a big problem: horse droppings.

The city council passed a law three years ago requiring that horses wear diapers when on city streets, but Councilman Michael Johnson says riders aren’t following the law.

Johnson says he doesn’t mind people riding horses in the city of 20,000. But he’s bothered by the smell and other sanitary problems created by horses on city streets.

The Selma-Times Journal quotes Police Chief John Brock as saying officers will be stricter enforcing the diaper law.

He says the department will issue warnings for a first offense and citations for repeat offenders.

There could be plenty of tickets: Johnson says he’s seen just one diaper-wearing horse in town.

Army ring lost 2 years ago found miles away on beach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

Dillon Sprole never thought he’d see his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ring again after accidentally leaving it in a gas station bathroom in Orlando about two years ago.

But Larry Hale found the ring in a pile of sand Monday while using his metal detector on Daytona Beach — at least a few dozen miles from the gas station.

How it got there is anyone’s guess.

The ring has 21-year-old Sprole’s name engraved on it. So when Hale found it, his wife searched Facebook and found the man.

Sprole tells The Daytona Beach News-Journal that when he lost the ring, he’d had it for only about a month after finishing basic training.

Sprole described the ring for the Hales and plans to pick it up today.

Associated Press