Criminally charged gym owner rallies Ramona against ‘COVID-19 police’ | Alex Riggins

<p>In the days after he became the first San Diego County business owner criminally charged for defying coronavirus-related health orders, Ramona gym owner Peter San Nicolas took to Facebook to decry the “Covid police” treating business owners “like common criminals.”</p><p>On Tuesday night, San Nicolas held an informal town hall-style meeting outside the Ramona Fitness Center for himself and other business owners to voice their frustrations with state and local shutdown orders.</p><p>The meeting came eight days after San Nicolas learned that San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan had <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2020-08-03/da-charges-ramona-gym-owner-for-staying-open-violating-californias-covid-19-shutdown-orders" target="_blank">charged him with five misdemeanors</a> — each punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine up to $1,000 — for refusing to shut down his gym.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-08-12/gym-owner-charged-criminally-rallies-ramona-against-covid-19-police" target="_blank">https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-08-12/gym-owner-charged-criminally-rallies-ramona-against-covid-19-police</a></p><p><br /></p>