Georgia minister arrested after attacking police officers at church
Screenshot of the fracas that ensued when a Georgia minister and his family attacked officers.
March 27, 2018
A minister in Lilburn, Georgia was arrested alongside his wife and sons after they attacked police officers at church.
Atlanta's WSB-TV reported Tuesday that police in the Gwinnett County church were looking for a runaway teenager who was said to be at the Inglesia Cristiana Evangelica Church when an altercation ensued.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Wilmer and Cristina Cruz, the minister and his wife of the church, were arrested along with their 16 and 17-year-old sons after not cooperating with the officers who came to the church looking for the missing girl, who was later returned to her parents. In the ensuing fight, Cristina Cruz took one of the two officers' Tasers, and Wilmer and one of their sons pinned an officer against a door.
The parents and their eldest son were charged as adults and are being held without bond, while the 16-year-old son was charged as a juvenile.
As the video shows, several people witnessed the incident, including a number of children heard screaming in the recording.
Watch below, via WSB-TV.