Los Angeles loosens COVID restrictions on restaurants
Limited indoor dining is coming back to Los Angeles after many small businesses struggled to stay afloat over the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic. FOX Business’ Connell McShane with more.
HOLLAND, Mich. — A western Michigan woman who has defied coronavirus restrictions while operating her restaurant was stopped in her car and arrested before dawn Friday, authorities said.
Marlena Pavlos-Hackney was operating a Holland restaurant without a license and had refused to surrender by Thursday, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
LA RESTAURANT CUTS PADLOCKS FROM DOORS IN DEFIANCE OF CITY'S COVID SHUTDOWN ORDERS, DECLARES 'AUTONOMOUS ZONE'
Pavlos-Hackney, 55, was arrested by state police and driven 90 miles (145 kilometers) to the Ingham County jail, Nessel said.
State investigators said the owner had ignored caps on restaurant capacity at Marlena’s Bistro and Pizzeria and wasn't enforcing mask rules. Her food license was suspended Jan. 20, but the eatery remained open.
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE
An Ingham County judge declared Pavlos-Hackney in contempt of court.
“We don’t want this country to be a communist regime that’s going to dictate what we can do and what we cannot do,” Pavlos-Hackney, a native of Poland, told WOOD-TV as she served customers Thursday.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS
Nessel defended the arrest on Twitter, saying Pavlos-Hackney was putting the public at risk.
“Can’t understand how or why this is controversial,” Nessel, a Democrat, said.
Source: Read Full Article
