A man has been arrested and fined after allegedly refusing to wear a mask and being verbally abusive to staff at a Langford gas station.
Police were called to the Peninsula Co-op at 3:30 PM for a man causing a disturbance. The complaint was for a man who was not wearing a mask and was acting verbally abusive to staff.
The manager at the Co-op stated that other customers were supporting staff and were asking the man to put a mask on or leave. The man was not responding to their requests to put a mask on.
The 40-year-old man from the West Shore was arrested and given a $230 fine under the COVID-19 Related Measures Act. The gas station was not the only place the man allegedly caused a disturbance. A video surfaced on social media showing the same man acting belligerently to the staff at a Starbucks on Helmcken Road.
The police again tracked down the man and issued a second ticket under the COVID-19 Related Measures Act for failing to wear a face-covering at the Starbucks.
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