Hurricane Irma: Palm Beach County shortens curfew; 100 arrested
WEST PALM BEACH -- Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies have arrested 100 people since Sunday for violating the county’s Hurricane Irma curfew, according to numbers released Tuesday by the sheriff’s office.
But people who have legitimate reasons to be on Palm Beach County roads — whether they are going to work or responding to a family emergency — have no reason to fear arrest if they are out during the county’s 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, a sheriff’s official said Tuesday.
“They don’t have any reason to be worried,” said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. “We’re not going to throw people in jail if they are out for a legitimate purpose.”
However, she said, people who are out after curfew should be prepared to be stopped by police. “We pulled over our own employees going to work at the jail last night,” she said. The workers told deputies where they were going and they were sent on their way.
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