Court hears Tony Spellâs motion to quash charges against him for violating coronavirus restrictions Tony Spell was arrested on April 21 after video showed him backing a church bus in the direction of a protester. (Source: WAFB) By Austin Kemker | January 25, 2021 at 3:39 PM CST - Updated January 25 at 9:15 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Central pastor who claims the governorâs COVID-19 restrictions are violation of his first amendment rights skipped out on his hearing Monday.
Instead, like pastor Tony Spell has done in past hearings, he was outside the courthouse with members of his congregation.
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The hearing was to rule on Spellâs motion to quash the six misdemeanor charges against him for violating the governorâs emergency orders. Spell held services at his Life Tabernacle Church without any capacity restrictions.