Woman, 91, fined for trash at home where she no longer lives
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man is fighting back after his 91-year-old sister with dementia was fined for littering outside a rowhouse where she no longer lives.
Doris Simms was issued a $75 ticket in July after an inspector found five garbage bags in front of her home, according to a report in The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2dckdAi ).
But Warren Simms says his sister is in a nursing home and could not have left the garbage. He plans to make his case at November administrative hearing.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The District's Department of Public Works issues citations regardless of age. This summer, a 2-year-old girl was ticketed over a wayward piece of mail bearing her name. Spokeswoman Zy Richardson says the agency was working with the Simms family to "minimize hardship."
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Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com