Charges were dropped against a woman accused of failing to return a rented movie videotape.

"I didn't want to go this far with this, but I was prepared to go to trial," Noelle Lester said Tuesday. "I had witnesses lined up."Lester was arrested Nov. 11 after a deputy pulled her over for a burned-out headlight. A records check revealed an outstanding warrant for failing to return a videotape rented two years ago.

She said she was never told about the warrant and insisted she returned the tape of "The Serpent and the Rainbow" to the video store.

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Lester was notified Tuesday by the Washoe County district attorney's office that charges were dropped. Her trial had been scheduled to begin Tuesday afternoon.

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