Kansas couple who coughed, claimed to have virus charged
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May 1, 2020
HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas couple who authorities said repeatedly coughed on people and claimed the man had contracted the coronavirus while shopping at a Walmart have been charged with felonies.
Another customer used her cellphone to record Hazel Hamrick, 29, and Ernest Williams, 47, creating the disturbance April 6 ant a Walmart in Newton.
Hamrick was charged Thursday with two counts of criminal threat. while Williams was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting criminal threat. They also both face a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.
Harvey County authorities said in a news...
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