Library Fines

DENVER (UPI) -- A Denver man is facing jail time and $53,549 in library fines for checking out about 1,400 books and DVDs and selling many of them online, officials said. Thomas Pilaar, 34, received a 10-year prison sentence Tuesday for illegally selling library items on the Internet, The Denver Post reported. About 500 books and DVDs were found when Pilaar was arrested last year for a separate incident, the newspaper said. Officials said he used seven library cards to obtain the items from libraries in Denver, Douglas County, Aurora, Colo., and Littleton, Colo. The Denver district attorney's office prosecuted Pilaar, the Post said. Copyright 2008 by United Press International