A Vermont police department says it has issued its first ticket to a driver who was smoking with a child in his car.St. Johnsbury Police say a civil ticket that included a $162 fine was issued last week to 32-year-old Daniel Berube after his car was stopped July 19 for having a defective muffler.The Caledonian Record reports Officer Steve Hartwell found Berube smoking a cigarette in the drivers' seat with a toddler in a car-seat in the back.Hartwell said Berube told him he knew of the new law, but didn't know if it was in force yet.On July 1, Vermont enacted a law that prohibits smoking in cars carrying children under age 8.No phone number could be found for Berube.

A Vermont police department says it has issued its first ticket to a driver who was smoking with a child in his car.





St. Johnsbury Police say a civil ticket that included a $162 fine was issued last week to 32-year-old Daniel Berube after his car was stopped July 19 for having a defective muffler.



The Caledonian Record reports Officer Steve Hartwell found Berube smoking a cigarette in the drivers' seat with a toddler in a car-seat in the back.



Hartwell said Berube told him he knew of the new law, but didn't know if it was in force yet.



On July 1, Vermont enacted a law that prohibits smoking in cars carrying children under age 8.



No phone number could be found for Berube.