A municipal code officer in Pinedale, Wyoming, has fined a 13-year-old girl for selling Girl Scout cookies in front of her grandparents’ home. The incident, which occurred on March 13, appears to be a bizarre example of government overreach.
The story began when Erica Fairbanks McCarroll and her daughter Emma were selling the cookies after school. They were soon approached by a code enforcement officer.
Fairbanks McCarroll told DailyMail.com the woman, who was driving the town’s animal control vehicle and did not identify herself as code enforcement, told them they could not block the sidewalk.
The mother and daughter pulled back their stand and continued to sell cookies for two more days before the woman showed up again and handed them citations.
‘We sold for about 1 hour and 30 minutes when she showed up and handed me 3 parking tickets totaling $400,’ Fairbanks McCarroll…
