Bellmawr

Murphy on Friday continued to tease a fuller reopening of fitness centers, which along with indoor dining and theaters, are one of the few businesses that remain under the strictest restrictions.

Ian Smith, one of the owners, called in to update us on the ongoing saga after the courts ruling today.

Ian Smith talked to me all about it just after his license was pulled.

Owner says he'll comply with the governor's orders going forward.

The owners of the gym have been trying to stay open for the last few months in defiance of Gov. Murphy's executive orders.

Prosecutors for the state said the Bellmawr business can pay such steep fines given the "galling nature" of continued contempt.

BELLMAWR — The owners of Atilis Gym have been issued new summonses, after they broke back into their business against a judge's order and lead others inside without wearing face coverings amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday, Ian Smith, 33, and Frank Trumbetti, 51, kicked down the plywood barricading the gym that has been at the center of a legal fight with public health offici

On principle, these guys had no other option but to bust through the barrier and kick through the doors that Murphy had sealed up.

It was leg day at Atilis Gym.

A judge on Friday found the Atilis Gym of Bellmawr in contempt of court and granted the state permission to lock or barricade the gym.