NASSAU-Defying the government’s directive to wear a mask in public cost a construction worker $200.
Tavares Deveaux, 42, paid the fine to avoid spending one month in prison.
The officers arrested Deveaux after they found him walking without a mask around 9am on July 25 in Redland Acres.
Deveaux told police that he had left his mask at work.
Mask wearing has been compulsory since April as officials try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Under an amended emergency order, wearing a mask will no longer result in arrest.
Instead, police will issue fixed penalty notices requiring fines to be paid within 14 days.
The fixed penalty will serve as a summons to appear before a magistrate if the fine isn’t paid.
