Officer Fired for Issuing 3 Year Old $2500 Ticket

By KSEE News

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Ashley Warden was ticketed by police after her 3-year-old son, Dillan, tried to urinate in their front yard in Piedmont, Oklahoma.

November 21, 2012 Updated Nov 21, 2012 at 1:32 PM PDT

Remember Dillan Warden, the Oklahoma 3-year-old who earned his mother a $2,500 fine after he unzipped and prepared to urinate in the family's front yard?

Ken Qualls, the officer who wrote that ridiculous ticket, has been fired by the city. Qualls, an 18-year police veteran, was widely criticized for his four-figure overreaction to the situation.

"We did receive a lot of notoriety over that," city manager Jim Crosby said.

The fine for Warden's mother has been dropped and the ticket was amended to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. That still seems harsh, but it's much, much cheaper

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