Arrested : Lieutenant Governor candidate Johnathan Masters was booked this week - apparently over an overdue library book . A candidate hoping to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky claims he was arrested for not returning an overdue library book . Johnathan Masters , 33 , was pulled over by a state trooper on Wednesday and apparently taken to jail over a book he withdrew 11 years ago . Masters - who says the charge is nonsense - claims the officer initially pulled him over for having expired tax stickers on his car . An online booking record for Masters says only that he was arrested for an outstanding warrant . But he says he was told the reason was a theft charge , linked to allegedly borrowing the book and never giving it back , the Huffington Post reported . Masters denies the apparent charge - theft by failure to make required disposition of property - and says he will clear his name in court . Defending himself to Fox News , he said he had never even withdrawn a library book in Kenton County , where he claims the charge originates . Of the arrest , Masters said : ' I thought he was going to let me go because he was real friendly , but then he went back to his patrol car and was gone for about 15 minutes . 'When he came back , he asked me , `` Did you take out a library book 11 years ago ? '' ' I started to laugh , but he said , `` This is serious ! '' and he took me to jail for three hours . I plan to fight the charges . ' Masters was let out of jail after paying a $ 100 bond , and is expected to appear in court later this month . He has been beset by legal troubles since his candidacy emerged . He is the running-mate of Geoff Young , who mounted a failed bid for Congress in 2014 . Governor 's race : Masters is running with Geoff Young , left , in the Democratic primary against front-runner Jack Conway , the state 's Attorney General ( right ) The two hope to defeat front runner Jack Conway , the state Attorney General , in the Democratic primary elections this May . As part of his campaign , Young issued a lawsuit against Conway and other leading Democrats , accusing them of ignoring his campaign to secure victory in the primary . In the legal complaint he compares incumbent governor Steve Beshear to Stalin . Should they win , they would then face the Republican candidate in November 's general election . According to the Louisville Courier-Journal , Masters is also waiting for his day in court on harassment charges . He is accused of making expletive-laden calls to an associate dean at Spalding University , demanding his money back after being kicked out of the school . The paper also reported that there is a pending arrest warrant over claims he threatened to beat up a principal after being told he could n't enter a school to conduct a survey . He reportedly yelled 'come out here so I can kick your ass ' in the December 17 visit . He has yet to be served with the warrant in the second case . Masters runs a political blog called The Freedom Skool . His entries include several long posts about the medicinal benefits of marijuana , and a string of multi-colored , edited photographs of his running-mate . In response to the harassment charges , Patrick Hughes , chairman of the Kentucky Democrats , told the Courier-Journal that Masters and Young 'do n't have a snowball 's chance ' of victory . Speaking to Daily Mail Online today , Young said he is 'standing behind ' Masters despite the accusations . Of the library book , he said : ' I do n't think it says much about whether he 's fit for office ' .
Johnathan Masters , 33 , was pulled over Wednesday by state troopers . Says the arrest was over an extremely overdue library book . Masters , who denies the charges , is running for office in Kentucky . He is long-shot candidate alongside would-be governor Geoff Young . Score: 6