Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne held his Sunday service to a 500 strong congregation on Sunday despite a safer-at-home order in place in the bid to halt coronavirus.

The River at Tampa Bay Church held two services on Sunday. After which police issued an arrest warrant for Howard-Browne. He turned himself in and was fined $500.

“His reckless disregard for human life put hundreds of people in his congregation at risk and thousands of residents who may interact with them this week in danger,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a press conference Monday afternoon. “They have access to technology allowing them to live stream their services over the internet and broadcast to their 400 members from the safety of their own homes, but instead they chose to gather at church.”

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