DOVER, Del. (AP) - Police in Delaware say Gov. John Carney’s order requiring people to wear face coverings in public during the coronavirus pandemic is mostly being observed, but not everyone has been willing to comply.
In Cheswold, a Valero patron who was rebuffed by a clerk for not wearing a mask kicked and shattered a glass door on Tuesday.
The Delaware State News reports that multiple other police departments and businesses said most people were complying with the order.
Delaware State Police spokeswoman Master Cpl. Melissa Jaffe said a person who continues to refuse management requests to leave a business could possibly be charged with third-degree trespassing or disorderly conduct. Jaffe said there are exceptions, such as if someone has a medical condition that precludes them from wearing a face covering.
When Redner’s Markets assistant store director Jim Lust approached a couple of people without masks, they quickly agreed to wear them. .
“People walk in wearing bandannas, cloths over their faces, they’re doing what they have to do,” Lust said.
At Produce Junction in Dover, store manager Mark Wayland said a couple of people who have resisted wearing masks, but most people “are adhering to what’s required.”
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