FOX 29's Steve Keeley has the latest details. BELLMAWR, N.J. - A gym in southern New Jersey has reopened for business in defiance of a state order that shut down nonessential businesses to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
People began gathering outside the Atilis Gym in Bellmawr several hours before it reopened at 8 a.m. Monday. Around 10:30 a.m.
local police officers approached the door through the crowd to speak with the gym's owners. The officers informed them that they were "formally" in violation of the shutdown order. "We are and only were here for everybody's safety today.
We planned for the worst and hoped for the best, and it seems like that's what we have out here today," the officer said to the owners and surrounding