Police Remove Customer For Not Wearing Mask During Pandemic

GENEVA, IL — A customer was removed by police in August from the Ace Hardware store on West State Street in Geneva after he refused to put on a mask or leave the business, according to a report by the Kane County Chronicle.

Police were called around 11 a.m. Aug. 14 by a manager who reported a man was yelling at her and other employees after he was told to put on a face mask, the Chronicle reports, citing police records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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Ace Hardware requires all customers to wear a mask when they enter the store as a safety precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The man left the property after police told him he was not welcome there, the report states.

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Geneva police were also called two days earlier after the same man entered the store without a mask and refused to leave, the Chronicle reports.

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