$1,000 Fine for Connecticut Official for Visiting Son in Oklahoma Prior to Deployment

A nurse dressed in personal protective equipment prepares to give a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing station in Stamford, Conn., on March 23, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images

A Connecticut selectwoman said in a statement that she and her husband face a $1,000 fine for violating the state’s COVID-19 travel restrictions after visiting their son in Oklahoma ahead of his first military deployment.

Amy St. Onge (R), first selectwoman of Thompson, said in a post on Facebook that, on Labor Day, she and her husband traveled to visit their son, who was training at the Air Force base in Altus, Oklahoma. After they returned to Connecticut, they received a notification that they had broken state rules relating to travel during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak.