The Brief A homeless couple was arrested after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of library books and attempting to resell them at a secondhand bookstore in Mesa. A homeless couple was arrested after stealing thousands of dollars worth of library books, and then trying to resell them at a secondhand bookstore. What we know:Court documents state that back in May, Ian and Athena Bartlett were trying to sell 19 books with Mesa Public Library labels at Half Price Books. Half Price Books gave police five different transaction receipts showing Athena sold over 400 books in one week. The books that the couple left behind showed they were checked out by Ian, who had two accounts at the library.