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The operator of a bar in Brooklyn is the first person to be arrested under New York City's executive order banning nonessential gatherings and business as authorities take steps to enforce the mandate amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Police arrested Vasil Pando, the operator of the Miami II Sport Cafe in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, over the weekend.
New York City has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., with more than 33,700 confirmed cases and over 770 deaths from the virus.
Authorities said they received several 311 complaints on Saturday about people gathering to drink and gamble inside the club that appeared closed from the outside. The first complaint came in around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday night, and another one came in at 10:30 p.m. that same night.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/nyc-bar-operator-the-1st-person-arrested-for-violating-covid-19-executive-order/ar-BB11Vdry?li=BBnb7Kz
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)K&R
Keep him in jail!🤬
thesquanderer
(12,000 posts)Sounds like it was the kind of establishment that doesn't worry about the police.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,380 posts)To me, that means an establishment licensed by the state. That license is gold, makes no sense to risk losing it.
We've had illegal after-hours joints in Detroit. "Blind Pig" was a common term for that type of establishment. I don't hear much about them anymore.