(The Independent) Pastor Tony Spell has been in the news for defying state stay-at-home orders for the purpose of holding his church services. He believes his church should be recognized as an “essential service” and that the coronavirus is politically motivated.
The pastor has been under scrutiny by the state for continuing to hold in-person church services despite state social distancing guidelines.
WAFB 9 News in Louisiana reported that Spell was taken into custody and jailed in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Tuesday. He was released later that day after his wife bailed him out.