A boy from northern Kentucky went to a Canadian beach hotel for fun.
Instead, he was visited through the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for violating canada’s Quarantine Act, and now faces heavy fines and imprisonment imaginable.
John Pennington, 40, of Walton, was fined $1,200 on June 25 after Staff at the Banff Hotel called police saying they believed the U. S. citizen was violating quarantine legislation under the COVID-19 pandemic.
You may also face a fine of up to $750,000 or six months in prison.
Pennington may not be able to be contacted for comment.
Americans can enter Canada, but many used a legal loophole to cross Canada on their way to Alaska.
Fewer than 10,000 Canadians died by COVID-19, according to the New York Times. More than 170,000 have died in the United States.
“The RCMP went to the hotel and as a result of their research, they discovered a momentary user in their presence, a woman from Calgary, and concluded that she did not meet quarantine needs while traveling through Alberta. Alberta Public Health Act,” said RCMP Corporal Tammy Keibel in Calgary.
Pennington, who is named Mister Collagen on social media, told his Facebook fans about the incident in a June 26 video. Its page includes weight loss tips and motivational appointments. On Tuesday, more than 2,000 people watched the Pennington video explaining the incident.
He flew to Seattle and went to Canada and Alaska, he said in the video. He said he did sense why police had visited his hotel room after being approved by the Border Patrol. The local police arrested him and the hotel allowed him to do so. Register.
“I think I’m in a position to go, ” he said in the video. He added that he would have understood if the hotel had told him that he would not be allowed to stay when he had booked the room.
In the comments, someone asked him how he was hit beyond the border patrol. He said he told patrol officers he was traveling for “transit purposes” with a wink emoji.
In July, Canada implemented strict regulations for Americans entering Canada and say they are headed for Alaska.
The Canadian Border Services Agency allows these travelers to enter one of five crossings: Abbotsford-HuntingdonArray British Columbia, KingsgateArray British Columbia, Osoyoos (British Columbia), Coutts (Alberta) and North Portal (Saskatchewan).
Drivers are entitled to a moderate era of transit and are limited to traveling to Canada in the maximum direct direction to Alaska.
They are not allowed to cross national parks, recreation sites and tourist sites and are given a flying label on their rearview mirror indicating when they will have to leave Canada.
Keibel said officials won a momentary complaint about the northern Kentucky guy the next day when they saw a car with U. S. plates in a parking lot near the gondola leading to Sulphur Mountain.
“They placed Mr. Pennington at Sulphur Mountain. As he allegedly violated quarantine on his travels, there was a consultation with a quarantine officer in Calgary and the resolution was taken to qualify Mr. Pennington under the Federal Quarantine Act,” Keibel said.
“He was arrested and released for a hearing in November. “
Keibel stated that she was not aware of any other charges under the Quarantine Act.
He said that those who violated the regulations won strict orders and that Pennington won a warning after his original ticket.
“He’s not expecting it. Other people were expected to stay in the direction and comply with existing laws, especially after making their expectations transparent,” he said.
Keibel that Pennington had been escorted out of the park barriers and had been ordered to continue his journey.
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