BREAKING: @HCSOSheriff Chad Chronister announces he has obtained an arrest warrant for Rodney Howard-Browne, the Pentecostal pastor at the River at Tampa Bay Church in Riverview, who ignored social distancing orders and encouraged the packed services held over the weekend.
The warrant charges the pastor with reckless disregard for public safety and unlawful assembly in violation of public safety orders, both misdemeanors, according to @HCSOSheriff Chronister.
Chronister says the pastor should be in process of turning himself in.
For safety reasons, they didn't want to storm the church service to arrest him.
For safety reasons, they didn't want to storm the church service to arrest him.
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