Anthony Sabatini, celebrated the case dismissal. The law firm Wood retained to handle his case, Oldham & Delcamp Trial Attorneys, as well as Rep. State Attorney Bernie McCabe’s office dropped the charges Thursday, filing a “no information” on the case attesting that “the facts and circumstances revealed do not warrant prosecution at this time.” Wood was charged with two charges of violating the emergency order - one for not staying at home unless it was absolutely necessary and the other for continuing to operate his business.

Pinellas County Sheriff and deputies arrested Wood on April 16 after they said they issued several warnings about the business’ failure to comply with the local order. Galen Trent Wood has operated Kitchen Table Games in Pinellas Park since 2014 and continued serving customers through curbside pick-up and online orders even after the county ordered businesses closed in early April in conjunction with Gov. and soon freed after posting $500 bail.A Pinellas County business owner is off the hook after being arrested for failing to comply with the County’s stay-at-home order forcing all non-essential businesses to close. Wood was booked into the Pinellas County jail at about 7:30 p.m. The Sheriff’s Office could not be reached for comment late Thursday. When Wood refused to close his business on Thursday, deputies said he was arrested on misdemeanor charges of operating a non-essential business and traveling to operate a non-essential business.

The store told customers via its Facebook page that it would be closed for browsing, but still open to sell items via curbside pick-up or via mail delivery. They issued warnings, deputies said, but each time Wood argued with them. ĭeputies said they visited the store five times earlier this month, found it was open and watched employees interact with customers. Galen Trent Wood, 36, the owner of Kitchen Table Games in Pinellas Park, faces misdemeanor charges of operating a non-essential business and traveling to operate a non-essential business in violation of the 'safer-at-home' order, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

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