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 Sports Cafe in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, over the weekend.
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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 Online News complaint came in around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday night, and another one came in at 10:30 p.m. that same night.
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Police say they found at least a dozen people drinking and gambling inside. Moreover, the establishment had no New York State liquor license to serve alcohol, authorities said.
It is not immediately clear if Pando had obtained an attorney. He was charged with Online News Press Release unlicensed bottle club, illegal sale of alcohol, reckless endangerment, promoting gambling and criminal nuisance.
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