18-Year-Old Colorado Man Arrested, Fined In Puerto Rico Over Mask Dispute
(CBS4) - An 18-year-old Colorado man was arrested in Puerto Rico over the weekend for not wearing a mask. The U.S. territory requires everyone to wear a mask even if they've been vaccinated.
A news report in Puerto Rico names the tourist as Torino Walter Bickmore. It states the man was "disoriented, uttering profanity, aggressive with passers-by." Officers asked the man to get out of the middle of the street, but the man refused. The man was apparently intoxicated.
Police also say the man was not wearing a face mask and refused to wear one when asked to.
Police ended up using a a taser and arresting the man.
While prosecutors tried to file charges of obstruction and violation of an executive order, a judge ruled the man was in an alleged state of intoxication and did not understand police commands.
The man was fined $100 for not wearing a mask.