NASSAU-Drinking too much alcohol came at a hefty price for Genesis Wallace, as a magistrate fined him for breaking coronavirus curfew rules.
Police arrested the 27-year-old resident of McKinney Drive after 1am on June 23.
After pleading guilty to violating the coronavirus curfew that requires you to stay at home from 10pm to 5am, Wallace said he headed home around 9:30pm.
However, Wallace said he began to feel dizzy after a night of drinking with friends. Wallace said he pulled to the side of the road “ to catch” himself.
Wallace said he vomited and fell also and when he awoke it was around 1am.
He told the court that he was on his way home when officers on mobile patrol stopped his vehicle at Cowpen Road.
Magistrate Samuel McKinney gave Wallace until July 9 to pay a $500 fine. Failure to pay will result in a three-month-long sentence.
Curfew violators could receive maximum fines of $10,000 or 18 months in prison. The government implemented restrictions on movement in March to contain the local spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus.
