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The game is up for this books bandit
DENVER: A man who stands accused of checking out hundreds of books and DVDs from libraries around the Denver area and then trying to sell them including online will now be doing all his library borrowing from now on behind bars.
Prosecutors here said the 34-year-old Thomas Pilaar was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $53,549 in restitution. He had pleaded guilty in May.
Authorities have recovered about 500 of the estimated 1,400 books and DVDs he borrowed from libraries in the area.
The Denver Public Library estimates it has lost $35,000, while Douglas County says it had $11,000 worth of overdue items. It was not immediately clear which other libraries were cheated of their books.
The authorities were tipped off on the game by a woman who recently bought books through an online listing site and noticed the library identification stamps. — AP
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