D.C. Goes After 91-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Over Litter: Report

WASHINGTON, DC — The D.C. government is going overboard in its litter enforcement yet again. Weeks after reports emerged that the government was fining a 2-year-old girl over a piece of trash it found with her name on it, the government is accused of harassing a 91-year-old woman with dementia over litter that they found at a rowhouse she no longer lives in.

Doris Simms, who currently lives in a nursing home in suburban Maryland, was fined after an inspector found five garbage bags in front of a rowhouse in Northeast where she used to live, but doesn't anymore, according to a Washington Post report. Warren Simms, Doris Simms' brother who co-owns the rowhouse, informed Public Works that the trash was from neighbors, but received little sympathy: he will have to appear before a judge.

Warren Simms said in the report he's angry at the fact that D.C. is issuing a fine when they can't even prove that the alleged litterers actually littered. You can read the full story here.

Earlier this year, the city ticketed 2-year-old Harper Westover after someone found an envelope on the ground with Harper's name and address written on it in Northeast. Just like in Simms' case, calls to Public Works were basically ignored.

The ticket was eventually thrown out after a public uproar.

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