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A mother of 5 successful Texas precocious recovered herself successful basking h2o aft learning that she could spell to jailhouse complete room books that her region claims were ne'er returned.
Kaylee Morgan took retired books astir Vincent van Gogh from Navasota Public Library successful Grimes County, Texas, successful March 2023. She told Fox News Digital that she did really return each nan books that she borrowed — but that 1 was excessively large to fresh successful a returns box.
Court documents obtained by Fox News Digital show that nan mixed worth of nan two books was $60, but Morgan was slapped pinch a measure of $569.50 – mostly fines and tribunal fees. She was besides charged pinch a metropolis ordinance violation.
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"Warrant is ACTIVE for Your Arrest," an alarming archive read. "Act Now to Avoid Going to Jail."
Texas mom Kaylee Morgan is being prosecuted for a room book that she claims she returned complete a twelvemonth ago. (Kaylee Morgan)
But Morgan was unaware that nan months-old documents existed until recently. The mom said that nan issues began erstwhile she went done nan guiltless task of renewing her driver's licence past week.
"So I spell successful and nan DMV tells maine that they cannot renew my licence because I person a warrant retired for my arrest, and I audibly laugh," she said successful a video posted to Facebook. "And I'm shocked because I haven't been pulled over, haven't sewage immoderate tickets. It conscionable doesn't make sense."
"I mostly enactment home. I homeschool my kids, truthful it conscionable didn't compute, what she was saying."
Morgan past called nan section tribunal to spot what nan problem was – and was told that she had 2 past-due room books. The stressed-out mother past scheduled an assignment pinch nan judge.
"It's truthful silly. So silly. I person a warrant retired for my apprehension for past owed room books. OK … this is not fake. This is not made up," she said, bewildered.
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During her gathering pinch nan region judge, Morgan explained that she homeschools her 5 children and had a difficult gestation astir nan clip nan books were due.
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"[In nan meeting] I'm explaining that we returned nan books," she said. "There was 1 that was excessively large to fresh into nan return box. And erstwhile we did return it, nan strategy was down, but I decidedly returned it."
"And that, max, was 2 weeks late," Morgan added. "Maybe much than that, but I was pregnant and having immoderate complications, and I was connected furniture rest."
The judge's consequence was little than sympathetic, Morgan said.
Kaylee Morgan, a Texas mom, would return her children, including her girl (right), to Navasota Public Library successful Grimes County, Texas. (Kaylee Morgan)
"She told maine she didn't want to perceive my excuses, that I needed to return responsibility," Morgan recalled. "She said, what I person done by not returning nan room books is nan aforesaid arsenic stealing from Walmart."
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She added, "So connected my grounds it says that I person stolen authorities property. Bonkers, right? Just bonkers."
The judge added that nan warrant still stands, and that Morgan will not beryllium allowed to renew her driver's licence earlier she pays nan $600 summons – a hefty sum for a single-income family of five.
"She said, make nary correction that if you're driving successful Grimes County pinch aliases without your kids, and you get pulled over, we will apprehension you. So they will apprehension maine successful beforehand of my kids… I don't cognize what I'm going to do astir this."
Kaylee Morgan and her family pictured successful Halloween costumes, months aft she says she returned nan overdue room books. (Kaylee Morgan)
Morgan says she was technically was not served a warrant, because she was wholly unaware of its existence.
"[The judge] said they issued nan warrant, and personification signed for it, and I said it wasn't me, she said. "I didn't motion for it. I would cognize if I had signed her warrant because I would not beryllium driving. I don't want to spell to jail. And I asked her who signed it, and she said, 'It doesn't matter.'"
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The mother has raised complete $1,300 done GoFundMe, which has helped salary disconnected nan fines. Now she plans to prosecute a lawyer and get nan full messiness removed from her record.
Morgan told Fox News Digital that she has received a batch of support complete nan situation, and hasn't heard backmost from authorities since she publicized nan situation.
Grimes County Courthouse (left) and Navasota Public Library (right) are some locations progressive successful nan ineligible lawsuit against Morgan. (Google Maps)
"The consequence from nan organization is mostly overwhelmingly positive," she said. "There are a fewer who don’t understand that I DID move nan book successful and others who deliberation I’m doing a smear campaign."
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Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Navasota County judge, nan Grimes County judge and nan metropolis head for Navasota, but has not heard back.
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