(KTXL) – Two women from California are sharing what happened when they ended up arrested in Hawaii for violating COVID-19 travel protocols.
FOX40 caught up with Vanessa Hamilton of Vacaville and her mate Ariel Catalano of Oakley as they manufactured their way to the airport to fly back again to California Monday afternoon.
In accordance to a push release from the Maui Law enforcement Division, both of those Hamilton and Catalano, along with two other folks, were arrested final 7 days for violating the procedures and orders of the COVID-19 vacation quarantine.
All transpacific vacationers are expected to have a destructive test end result ahead of their departure for the point out of Hawaii in get to bypass the 10-working day quarantine.
“We’re expected to have a COVID exam consequence to fly to Maui. And we took our check, and we didn’t have our check final results however,” Catalano stated. “When we obtained to the airport, they weren’t incredibly handy at all.”
With out their results, the tourists stated they had been offered a checklist of hotels in which they could keep in quarantine, but just following booking a space at one of the accommodations on the list, they were being informed that the lodge was on a distinctive island.
“Things bought out of hand, we all bought in difficulty. Then just before we understood it, we were being being cuffed and we obtained detained for 20 hours,” Catalano explained. “We weren’t mirandized or just about anything, and they did not examine us our legal rights.”
Catalano claimed no one answered their inquiries through the 20 hrs they were being detained.
“They took away two times of our getaway,” Catalano stated.
Catalano claimed they examined 3 times for the duration of their trip. All assessments arrived back again detrimental.
“We received our examination effects, as we ended up detained. It was variety of ironic,” Catalano reported.
But immediately after they were being launched, they reported they even now weren’t authorized in Maui.
“We experienced to fly back to Oahu, to get a new test, wait around for individuals examination outcomes. And then we’d be capable to fly back again to Maui once more. Even though our checks were being unfavorable,” Hamilton defined.
They say if they experienced to do the excursion around, they’d make sure they had their check results in hand when they initially landed at Maui.
“You have to take that things very seriously. ‘Cause they actually choose it critically out below. We weren’t having it that really serious, ’cause we knew we did not have COVID and we’re on holiday vacation. We really don’t imply no harm. But they choose it pretty, pretty very seriously,” Catalano mentioned.
“If you don’t have your success when you land, they’ll make you do a quarantine.” Hamilton stated.