Look, we weren’t just fair warning people last week to be more careful playing this game in these weird and uncertain times?
He BBC reports a man in England—a nation currently closed in an attempt to curb a rampant infection rate stemming from a new, more contagious strain of Covid-19 – has broken the country’s strict restrictions for playing some Pokémon Go, and as a result has been captured and fined by local police.
The fine of £ 200 (US $ 270) was for “contravening the requirement not to leave or be out of the place where they live without a reasonable excuse”, after he admitted to police that he had driven “from his home to Bedworth to look for the characters of Kenilworth ”, a journey of about 25 minutes by car.
Police say people are only allowed away from home with “a reasonable excuse.” Finding Pokémon is not a reasonable excuse.