COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Prosecutors Office have been given the report from the Michigan State Police on its investigation into the Capri Drive-In reopening for the 2020 season last weekend in clear defiance of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Prosecutor Val White says the report will be reviewed but did not indicate when any decisions will be made.
The line of vehicles waiting to get in last Friday stretched from the Capri east along U.S. 12 well past the Moose Lodge. But not everybody was thrilled. Branch County Central Dispatch received about a half dozen calls last Friday night from people reporting that the drive in was violating the governor’s orders.
Capri owners Tom and Sue Magocs promised to use social distancing guidelines and posted a complete list of rules on the drive in’s Facebook page.
But there was chatter last week as well as pictures posted on social media sites that showed people outside of their vehicles.
The Magocs earlier this month urged people on the Capri’s marquee to contact Governor Whitmer’s office because they wanted to open.
The Capri plans to show movies again this weekend but all theaters in Michigan can not open until at least June 12 after Governor Whitmer signed an executive order on Friday which extended the “Safer at Home” order. The state of emergency declaration is also being extended until June 19.
