Rev. Tony Spell arrested for attacking Central neighbor, 20-year-old yelled curses before fight

FILE – Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church of Central City, La., prays with supporters outside the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on June 7, 2021. Spell’s lawsuit over Gov. John Bel Edwards’ past COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings was rejected for a second time Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, by a federal judge. Spell garnered national attention in March 2020 when he began to flout the state’s public health order at a time when much of the country was in lockdown over the emergence of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)