An Ontario woman was fined $880 for sending her child into the care of her child’s grandfather. The photo shows Ontario police officers enforcing the law on the street.
A Simcoe, Ontario, woman says she faces an $880 fine for violating Ontario’s closure order.
Natasha Kohl said she dropped her children off at their grandparents’ home and tried to go grocery shopping on her own, not expecting the police to pull her over, CTV reported.
Kohl said the police arrived because of a complaint from a neighbor.
Kohl said, “I can’t work to take care of the kids, and an $880 ticket is pretty expensive for me.”
A mother of four, she dropped off her three children at her grandparents’ home in Delhi (Del.) last weekend because she didn’t want to take them to the store and her fiancé couldn’t take care of the kids.
Cole said, “He couldn’t help me, and it was actually my birthday, so I wanted to go home so I could spend my birthday with him and my kids, so I took them to my kids’ grandfather’s house.”
Cole said her brother-in-law, fiancé and their children also live in that house.
Cole said, “When I came back to pick up my kids, they were having lunch with their uncle and cousins, so while they were eating pizza together, I went inside and joined them.”
When they finished eating and left, they were stopped by police.
Cole said, “The police said one of the neighbors was complaining about a lot of people in the house and a possible party. They saw me leaving so they pulled me over to see if I lived at that address.”
Provincial police declined to comment on the incident when questioned by the media, but noted in a press release that two people were cited in the incident, including a 34-year-old woman and a 58-year-old homeowner, who were both charged with violating the Reopening Ontario Act, which carries a fine of $880 per citation.
Cole said, “The police told me they were also going to the child’s grandfather’s house to talk to him.”
At the time, Ontario still hadn’t implemented the “home order,” but the province was in a grey-level lockdown, and Cole said she planned to appeal the tickets. She said she did not even receive a warning from police before she was fined.
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