Two women were arrested after police in Newark, New Jersey, broke into an illegal bar in a warehouse filled with 200 people amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.
Denisse Tinizaray, 26, and Katherine Tinizaray, 28, both from Newark, were accused of maintaining an illegal beverage establishment, illegal possession of alcohol and illegal sale of alcohol, NJ.com reported.
Deputy Task Force detectives responded to a big party at 6 Libella Court, where the drink was being sold behind a makeshift bar around midnight on Sunday, said chief of public security Anthony Ambrose, according to the Daily Voice.
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More than 200 people were inside, drinking alcohol and playing illegal games, Ambrose said.
Katherine Tinizaray, 28, and Denisse Tinizaray, 26, were accused of maintaining an illegal alcohol establishment, illegal possession of alcohol and illegal sale of alcohol.
(Newark Police Department)
The two suspects were unable to produce the paperwork proving they had a license to sell alcohol, he added.
This is the second illegal broken bar in New Jersey this month.
On December 14, Trenton police arrested a resident after responding to complaints from neighbors. They found 45 people inside the house, where the suspect was charging $ 5 a pint, according to NJ.com.
The police confiscated $ 942 in cash and 82 small bags of cocaine.
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On December 7, Governor Phil Murphy reduced the limit on internal meetings to 25 people from 150 in response to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
This article first appeared in the New York Post.