PostmodernProphet
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DETROIT -- A western Michigan restaurant owner was arrested before dawn Friday and hauled to jail, a dramatic turn in a monthslong dispute over her persistent refusal to comply with orders and restrictions tied to the coronavirus.
Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, 55, will remain in jail until she pays $7,500 and authorities confirm that Marlena’s Bistro and Pizzeria in Holland, Michigan, is closed, a judge said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/michigan-restaurant-owner-defying-virus-orders-arrested-76556777
I had lunch in her restaurant last Friday following her arrest......the place was packed.......
The place is in the city of Holland, right on the border between Ottawa and Allegan counties.......the judges in both counties refused to issue warrants on her......the governor got a judge from Ingham county, 90 miles away to do it.......both the city police and the sheriffs from both counties refused to arrest her so the Ingham judge had to send the state police.......at her arraignment she refused to swear an oath and give testimony......the judge went on a rant and held her in contempt, jailed her until she paid a fine (note she has not yet been convicted or sentenced to anything) and promised to close her restaurant.......she has been in jail since........her husband tried to pay the fine ($15,000 now for some reason, though the court's order said $7,500)) but the court clerk said he had to mail it in......
She has vowed to never close.......
she came to the US from Eastern Europe and grew up under totalitarian communist oppression and says she will not tolerate it getting a foothold in her new home......
a go-fund me account with a goal of gathering $50,000 for legal fees hit $75,000 the first day......