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A pizza business owner was released from jail after paying a $15,000 fine and closing her restaurant. What happened to the freedoms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? The Mlive website reported Tuesday: A judge has released Marlena Pavlos-Hackney from jail after she paid a $15,000 fine and closed her restaurant, Marlena’s Bistro & Pizzeria. Pavlos-Hackey, 55, left the Ingham County Jail around 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, her attorney, Robert Baker, confirmed. He said she had complied with a judge’s order and deserved to be released. She has been jailed since Friday, March 19. She was arrested...

The Michigan Attorney General's Office said Marlena Pavlos-Hackney had untl the end of the day to turn herself in. She didn't budge, and now they are prepared to have police step in.

A Michigan restaurant owner was arrested after she disregarded state Covid-19 protocols and ignored a court order, the state's top prosecutor said Friday. Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, 55, of Holland, was taken into custody by Michigan State Police about 5:45 a.m. EDT, according to a statement from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Pavlos-Hackney, the owner of Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria, had been given until Thursday to turn herself in after a warrant was issued for her arrest, Nessel said. “This owner has continued to willfully violate the state’s food laws, public health orders and the order of the court — a dangerous...