A Kentucky couple received ankle monitors and were placed under house arrest after the wife tested positive for coronavirus but refused to sign quarantine documents, according to reports.
Elizabeth Linscott said the COVID-19 test was done as a precaution because she planned to visit her parents in Michigan. She received a positive result but showed no symptoms.
She said the Hardin County Health Department asked her to sign documents agreeing to call them every time she left her home. The young mother claims she never refused quarantine, but said she would not sign the documents due to how they were written, WAVE reported.
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“My part was if I have to go to the emergency room, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get approval,” Linscott told the station.
After choosing not to sign the health department documents, Linscott said he received a text message informing him that the situation would escalate and that the police would be involved, KABC-TV reported. Her husband, Isaiah, said he was met by officers at the door of their home that same week.
“I open the door, and there’s like eight different people, five different cars, and I’m like ‘what the hell is going on?’ This guy is in a suit with a mask. He’s the guy from the health department, and they have three roles for us. For me, her and my daughter, “said Isaiah Linscott.
“We didn’t rob a store. We didn’t rob something. We didn’t hit and run. We didn’t do anything wrong,” added Elizabeth Linscott.
The couple said they were equipped with ankle monitors that trigger if they go more than 200 feet from their home.
Elizabeth Linscott said that while she never refused quarantine, “that’s exactly what the director of the public health department told the judge.”
“I’m like, ‘that’s not the case at all. I never said that,” he said.
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If he needed to go to the hospital, Linscott said he planned to take the necessary precautions, such as informing health workers that he recently tested positive. The couple now plans to hire an attorney.
