Nevada Man Charged with Trespassing After He Allegedly Refused to Wear Mask at Hard Rock Casino Bar
Posted on: July 5, 2020, 10:27h.
Last updated on: July 6, 2020, 08:52h.
A 32-year-old Nevada man was arrested for trespassing early Saturday, July 4, after he allegedly refrained from putting on a facial covering while sitting at a bar at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe.
The man, who lives in Ruhenstroth, Nevada, and was not identified in local press accounts, was ordered by casino security staff at about 2 am to put on the mask while he was in the Stateline gaming property.
He was told repeatedly by security officers to put on the mask or leave the bar, according to the Record-Courier, a local newspaper in Gardnerville, Nevada.?He later was taken into custody by officers for trespassing and charged by the Douglas County Sheriff’s office.
When speaking with sheriff’s deputies, he told them “he did not care about the face masks and was not wearing one,” the Record-Courier said. Eventually, he started to argue with the officers.
Douglas County Sheriff: ‘No Mask Arrests’
The arrest was made despite the Douglas County Sheriff’s office issuing a statement on June 25 that it would not arrest anyone for violating Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mask order.
Due to the minor nature of the offense, the potential for negative enforcement encounters, and anticipating the various ways in which the order could be violated, it would be inappropriate for deputies to criminally enforce the Governor’s directive. Accordingly, the Sheriff’s Office will not be doing so,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement last month.
Later this weekend, the man appeared before Stateline’s Tahoe Justice Court where Justice of the Peace Richard Glasson ordered him to wear a mask or another facial covering approved by Nevada or California authorities, the Record-Courier reported.
The defendant was also ordered to stay out of the casinos in Stateline. He was released on his own recognizance.
Tougher Coronavirus Enforcement
Last week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) announced it had opened 111 investigations into possible compliance failures at state casinos. The NGCB’s Enforcement Division conducted 1,453 inspections and observations of nonrestricted casinos to determine whether state-mandated health and safety measures were being properly executed.
The NGCB also conducted 6,008 inspections of restricted gaming licensees. Restricted licenses allow businesses to operate no more than 15 slot machines. Gaming at these venues must be incidental to the primary business.
In Las Vegas, The Venetian denied a recent report Saturday that it was rumored to be closing temporarily because of coronavirus concerns. The same report said Caesars Palace could also temporarily shutter after the Independence Day weekend. But that, too, was an unconfirmed rumor reported by Vital Vegas.
Pressure is continuing to build on Gov. Sisolak and state legislators to enact a bill during this week’s special session that would require more safeguards to protect casino workers from coronavirus. One gaming property employee, identified as Adolfo Fernandez, a utility porter at Caesars Palace, died last month after testing positive for COVID-19. The Culinary Union wants the proposed legislation named in Fernandez’s memory.
Last week, diverse businesses in Nevada were admonished by Sisolak to comply with state coronavirus requirements, such as wearing facial coverings. State inspectors found only 49 percent of businesses inspected in a single day, such as bars, restaurants, and other enterprises were compliant with state COVID-19 regulations.
“I will not hesitate to take swift and decisive actions next week directed at targeted industries or areas … concerning COVID-19 trends and non-compliance,” the governor said in a statement issued last week.
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Would love to see the real health history of those who are listed as Coronavirus deaths. From the things I have heard most have been ill for a long time with other diseases and ailments. I have also heard hospitals are paid more if they list the death as CV.. I do not authorize this site to give my name to anyone or organization.
Michelle Congdon, you are unhealthy because you are a fat, lazy slob. God doesn't give 2 fucks about you, your uneducated, grocery store husband, or the dirty leftist democrats that are destroying this country. Wearing a mask isn't going to help you. You will die because you are a pig. Happy heartattack!
I feel for everyone, if they've gotten sick or lost a loved one to this! But the honest truth is... if we hadn't shut down in the first place... this would be over by now! THE GOVERNMENT CANT TRY AND TRICK MOTHER NATURE !Shes a bitch... it's a virus, it's going to run its course! And the "government " got scared...and has only made it worse! What's gunna happen when they cant afford to keep throwing money at us and the VIRUS (YES A FLU) hasn't run its course?
Technically as the governor of this state he has the power of the state constitution that governs this state and the state’s constituents to be a dictator as long as he doesn’t violate the State & Federal Constitution.
I'll give you 3 choices when it comes to mandatory masks. 1: I pass out. 2: I have a panic attack 3: AM I SO UGLY THAT YOU CAN'T STAND TO LOOK AT MY FACE????
The article clearly states that the guy was arrested for trespass for refusing to leave the casino. Happens a hundred times a week. "Sitting at a bar" doesn't mean that the guy had bought a drink.
Fake Virus, death masks, government mind control...don't let them take over!
M. MASK A. ANSWER S. SANITIZE K. KNOWLEDGE
Voters will not hesitate to take swift and desisive action in Nov. Enjoy your power trip while you can sissy lack.
how can you drink a beverage with a mask on? Do you have to drape over your chin between drinks, or put it on top of your head? WTF??
Governor I am pleading with you to close these casinos down until they find a vaccine and that will only happen when the Lord says it will happen it's going to keep getting worse and worse and worse because people are disobeying God why do you think the world is in the place that it's in it's horrific I am a unhealthy 50 year old woman and my husband is an essential worker at a grocery store God will punish us for sinning against him no amount of masks no amount of anything will help until people obey God please those Casino people can get jobs other places I really like you and I hope you're strong enough to see what's happening who cares if the casinos have to close down for a while is that overrule death? Whoever gets this please give this to him I am pleading with you we had no case is hardly in this state until they reopen Las Vegas and now this Fourth of July date weekend look what's going to happen mark my words a week to two weeks there's going to be thousands more because people didn't wear their masks in Vegas but all that doesn't even matter if people deliberately sin against God!!!!!!
When will he stop forcing people to cover their face with a useless face mask.
F**K Sisodick and all liberal asshole trash..
Sisolak thinks he can rule like a dictator. He doesn’t wear his mask and has already been “caught” without it in public. Shame on the people who agree with him. I will not wear a mask either. If you aren’t healthy, that’s not anyone else’s fault. Protect yourself it is not the duty of other Americans to ensure your unhealthy self doesn’t contract an extremely Mild virus. He should be removed from office and thrown in jail for violating the constitutional rights of the people of Nevada.
Yet Another round of unsubstantiated casino closings started by vital vegas.