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The Maui News
WAILUKU - A man who spent about three months in jail after being arrested for violating travel quarantine rules was released Wednesday after he was fined $150.
The fine was imposed after Dillon Rogers, 36, pleaded no contest to a park violation.
"I don't know about the laws in your neighborhood, Mister Rogers," 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo said in sentencing Rogers. "But in my neighborhood, you follow the law."
Rogers was arrested Dec. 7 when he arrived at Kahului Airport from the Mainland without an approved pre-travel negative COVID-19 test, said Deputy Prosecutor Carson Tani.
When Rogers was asked where he was staying, he didn't have an address where he could quarantine for the required 10 days, Tani said.
Rogers wanted to comply but was houseless at the time, said Deputy Public Defender Tyler Stevenson.
"He was put in a difficult spot," Stevenson said.
Rogers, who appeared by videoconference from the Maui Community Correctional Center, said he did quarantine and take a COVID test that was negative.
"I'm not posing any risk to the public," he said. "I want you to know that safety was a priority for me as well."
Rogers was released on supervision Dec. 30. But he was arrested again Feb. 1 when he allegedly didn't follow court orders to report for supervision.