The Bronx man who lit the Hawaiians for not obeying a mandatory quarantine when he arrived in Aloha state, and was arrested for it, is receiving no love from his country.” I didn’t have to go there,” said an irritated Marcia Peters about her son, Tarique Peters.
The rules are over. I told him not to travel. I told him not to go. I told him to cancel all his vacation (plans) because he knows what’s going on in America and everywhere.
Peters was arrested Friday by agents of the Hawaii Attorney General’s office and charged with violating strict state rules that tourists observe a 14-day quarantine after arriving.
Instead, Peters landed in Honolulu on Monday and set out to explore the island. He was captured after posting photos of himself on social media on the beach, sunbathing, sailing and walking through Waikiki, prompting angry locals to call the authorities. Peters was being held on $4,000 bail and his mother said he might have to cool his heels in jail.
Where am I going to get $4, 000? I don’t know if he’s got $4, 000. He’s not rich like that. We’ll have to figure something out, he said.
Peters said his son, who normally “does the right thing,” works and attends Mercy College. A woman who told The Post that she was Peters’ sister but refused to give her name, said she was upset that Hawaiian authorities had made her brother’s arrest public.
Another arrest for violating Hawaii’s mandatory 14-day #COVID19 travel quarantine – 23-year-old Tarique Peters from the Bronx arrived to Oahu Monday and wasaught c posting after Instagram pics in Waikiki leaving hotel @KITV4 pic.twitter.com/DcjKR31xb1— Tom George (@TheTomGeorge)
May 16, 2020
Why put your information on the Internet where people put all kinds of threats next to their photos, said the sister, who said she works in the police and lives in the Bronx.
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