Restaurant owner jailed after defying COVID-19 orders
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A 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 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. "She has put the community at risk. We are in the middle of a pandemic," Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said.
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