By Allison Pries | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
A gym in Bellmawr that reopened Monday, violating an executive order from the governor, was shut down Thursday morning by the state and county health departments.
“Alright guys, so we arrived at the gym this morning to Governor Murphy’s dirty tricks, playing with his power in the health department,” the gym’s owners posted on its Instagram page Thursday. “For right now, the gym will be closed. We have a full cleaning crew inside, once again going above and beyond.”
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Orange stickers from the Camden County Health Department declaring an embargo and a four-page notice from the state Department of Health were taped to the door.
The signs were placed on the storefront overnight “with no inspection of the building or anything,” Co-owner Frank Trumbetti told FOX 29.
Trumbetti said he doesn’t know what the embargo means and the state health department notice referred to a statute involving infectious disease.
A call to an attorney for the gym was not immediately returned.
The county and state department of health spokespersons also could not be reached immediately.
Atilis Gym in Bellmawr allowed a limited number of members to use the facility beginning Monday. Their temperatures were checked as they entered and they were required to wear face coverings and follow other rules. Co-owner Ian Smith said they were limiting capacity to 20% or about 44 people at a time.
Murphy was asked Monday during his coronavirus briefing about the gym’s reopening and he suggested the efforts to enforce the closure order may ramp up.
