Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar arrested on battery charge

Jun 8, 2012 - 09:27
Jun 9, 2012 - 17:34
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Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar arrested on battery charge
Rev. Creflo Dollar gives his wednesday night service at World Changers Church International.

Police arrested megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar Jr. on simple battery charges in Fayette County on Friday.

Channel 2’s GA Daily News leaed that Dollar was booked into the county jail at 2 a.m. A judge set Dollar's bond at $5,000 during a  moing hearing.

Police have not released any details on the victim or the circumstances of the arrest.

Dollar is the founder and senior pastor of World Changers Church in College Park. The church has nearly 30,000 members and includes satellite campuses in 10 cities. Dollar’s weekly services are broadcast across the country.

Pastor Creflo Dollar walks out of the Fayette County jail

 

This Friday, June 8, 2012 photo provided by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office shows megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar. Dollar has been arrested after authorities say he slightly hurt his 15-year-old daughter in a fight at his metro Atlanta home. Fayette County Sheriff's Office investigator Brent Rowan says deputies responded to a call of domestic violence at the home around 1 a.m. Friday

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