The owner also argued that the club wasn’t open for actual business and had only collected money from a donation box.
The chief said he offered to have a uniformed officer escort them off the property, but Lummis declined. Desorcy said it was clear the man hadn’t heard him identify himself as the police chief.ĭesorcy said he was asked for his driver's license, and when Desorcy showed his ID a second time, the worker “made a lunge for it, like he wanted to pull it out of my hands.”ĭesorcy said he ordered the worker to maintain a distance of six feet.Īccording to Desorcy, Lummis later implied that the golfers were “friends of his, and had just kind of walked on the course and were trespassing,” according to the chief. The chief removed his identification from his rear pocket as the man continued with a barrage of yelling for up to three minutes, he said. He said he saw 40 to 45 cars in the parking lot.ĭesorcy said he drove to the rear of the building and saw even more cars, so he decided to get out and take photographs.Ī man came toward the chief yelling and screaming “like a raving madman,” Desorcy said. On the day of officials’ second visit, Desorcy said, he followed up with his own visit, using an unmarked cruiser. To the suggestion it’s possible to golf while adhering to social-distancing protocol of six feet, Morin said, “Every time I've gone up there I see four guys on the tee, and they're all within a foot of each other to talk and stuff.”ĭesorcy on Wednesday confirmed that Lummis has been “very defiant and extremely disrespectful” to police. “Every day there are 30 cars, or 40 golfers up there,” Morin said. The images showed golfers close to one another and not wearing masks. Morin said he's been monitoring the club and provided the newspaper with photographs that he said he took of play from a distance. When a reporter called the golf course three times on Wednesday, a man who answered the phone refused to take a message and hung up. On another, he refused to come from behind a glass doorway, but was nonetheless served the order, according to Police Chief Donald Desorcy. On one occasion, Lummis allegedly ripped up the order. Morin said they were greeted with belligerence. Morin said he and police officers twice went to the golf club to hand the cease-and-desist order to the owner, Neil Lummis. Violators are subject to fines of $300 per day.īoard of Health Chairman James M. In March, the state ordered businesses that do not provide essential services to close their premises to workers, customers and the public as of March 24. In a letter dated April 22, the state Department of Labor Standards issued a cease-and-desist order to the club. has been open for play during the pandemic. Town officials allege the nine-hole golf course at 66 Park Hill Ave. MILLBURY – Clearview Country Club is allegedly defying the governor’s order for non-essential businesses - including golf courses - to close during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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