Cops to Little Girls: No Permit? No Lemonade Stand

Police are unleashing law and order upon two little girls running a lemonade stand in eastern Texas.

Earlier this week, a group of girls called the Lemonade Brigade was briefly shut down by health officials in McHenry County, Illinois.

Now it has happened to two young sisters in Overton, Texas, who were trying to make money to surprise their dad with a Father's Day gift.

"We were trying to raise some money to take our dad to Splash Kingdom," little entrepreneur Andria Green said.

Andria and Zoey Green were selling lemonade and kettle corn, until the police stepped in to stop their criminal activity.

Police say the 7- and 8-year-old girls need permits, including approval from the Health Department, to sell their 50-cent lemonade.

"It is a lemonade stand, but they also have a permit that they are required to get," Overton Police Chief Clyde Carter said. "We have to follow by the state health guidelines."

But the girls' mother, Sandi Evans, called the requirement "ridiculous."

"I think they're 7 and 8 and they're just trying to make money for their own cause," she said.

The police say they will enforce the state's health codes if Andria and Zoey continue their illicit business activities, but if they give away the lemonade, those rules won't apply.

The girls now plan to offer free lemonade, hoping for some generous donations.