BRICK-Police shut down the Coliseum Barbershop and Salon with the owner and a barber getting charged with violating Phil Murphy’s executive order forcing the closure of all barbershops and salons.

Ibrahim Muhammad, 25, and Ashley Appleton-Tims, 25, both of Brick, were charged yesterday, April 8, with violating the emergency orders for opening the Coliseum Barbershop & Hair Salon in Brick. Ibrahim is the owner of the business, and Appleton-Tims is a salon employee who was assisting a client when police arrived yesterday.

Photo by Hai Phung.

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