BATON ROUGE, La.—Louisiana authorities arrested a pastor on an assault charge on Tuesday after he admitted that he drove his church bus toward a man who has been protesting his decision to hold mass gatherings in defiance of public health orders during the CCP virus pandemic.
The police department in Central, a suburb of the capital of Baton Rouge, said in a Facebook post that Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church, turned himself into the department and was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and improper backing. Officials said Spell also had outstanding traffic tickets.
