Saturday - October 15, 2005

Dangerous Criminal Captured

There are only two things that are certain ... but at least death doesn’t pull you over and arrest you at gunpoint when you get slightly ill. The taxman, on the other hand, will come after you with guns blazing for that last red cent you owe him. Don’t believe it? Just ask Deborah Combs ... provided they haven’t executed her by now ...

Ohio Police Arrest Woman For $1 In Unpaid Taxes
LOVELAND, Ohio (WKMG)

An Ohio woman was arrested after she didn’t pay just more than $1 that she owed in income taxes, WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported. Deborah Combs owed the city of Loveland $1.16 last year, but she also hadn’t filed her city income tax forms in five years, the television station said. She said officers pulled her over and acted as though she were a violent criminal.

“One sheriff approached my car with his hand on his gun,” she said. “Another from the other side of the car leaned in and said, ‘Are you Deborah Combs?’ He said, ‘We have a warrant for your arrest.’ I was absolutely shocked.” Combs said she thinks the arrest and charges are over-the-top for the amount she owed. “What they’ve spent in stamps is more than what I owe,” she said.

She could also end up paying hundreds of dollars in fines for the unfiled tax forms, the television station reported. Loveland City Manager Fred Enderle said the amount Combs owes isn’t the real issue. “Whether it’s $1 they owe us or $1,000, it’s not fair to the rest of the public to not pursue that person,” he said. “There is some expense involved, but it goes back to the principle. We have laws. The laws have to be complied with. At what cost do you stop enforcing the law?” Combs is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 20.

Posted by The Skipper     on 10/15/2005 at 12:51 PM   
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