4 Year Old Girl Fined $288 For Littering

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PEMBROKE - Police in Hooksett are serious about enforcing the local littering laws — even in the case of 4-year-old Natasha Fryou and her wayward bouncy ball.

Natasha's mother and stepdad, Tracy and Brett Carter of Pembroke, were caught off guard when Hooksett Police Officer Dan Bray knocked on their door Sunday morning with a $288 littering citation in hand.

Bray explained to Tracy Carter that he'd observed several objects fly out of a rear passenger-side window of her Nissan Maxima as she drove along Hooksett Road in Hooksett on July 26.

"This isn't funny — it's ridiculous. How many judges and police officers have kids who've thrown something out the window? We wrote 'not guilty' on it and sent it back," Brett Carter said of the citation.

According to Bray, the incident happened just after his shift ended on July 26. He said he counted at least four objects fall from the car window onto the roadway within about a two-mile stretch.

"There was a ball and a toy or two, and what looked like a wrapper of some kind," Bray said Sunday night. "Unfortunately, I was just getting off work, so I was unable to stop the vehicle at that time."

Police have up to 30 days to issue a ticket for any violation they observe, said Hooksett Police Officer Robert McGowan.

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=58854

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. "Unfortunately, I was just getting off work, so I was unable to stop the

vehicle". What a dip.

[Shell Beau]

2. That is ridiculous!

If anyone should be fined, it would be the parents. Not a freakin' 4 year old!

[libhill]

3. Glad to know

that Americas lawmen are protecting us from such dangerous criminals.

[Squatch]

4. The GWOT at work.

Or GSAE, whatever you want to call it.

[matt819]

5. Maybe the Libertarians have it wrong

with their Free State plan. This is the same state that has local town police arresting illegal immigrants for trespassing as they're are simply travelling through. Time to change the state motto? I don't think "Live by our rules or pay the price" will fit, though.