02-12-2020 15:51 via kvoa.com

NYC bar owner who defied coronavirus restrictions arrested

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City sheriff’s office says a bar owner who was providing indoor service in defiance of coronavirus restrictions has been arrested. Protesters shouted Tuesday as deputies arrested Danny Presti, the co-owner of Mac’s Public House on Staten Island. The tavern is in an area designated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as an orange zone because of spiking COVID-19 rates and was not supposed to be serving customers indoors. Presti was charged with obstruction of gover
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