Rev. Anthony Howell allegedly claimed to be a police officer when pulled over for speeding. He is suspended as pastor of Warren Chapel United Methodist Church pending resolution of the felony charge.

Pastor charged in felony suspended

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Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Friday, August 29. 2008
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The pastor of Warren Chapel United Methodist Church has been suspended pending the resolution of a felony charge levied by Duluth police. The Rev. Anthony Joe Howell, 54, is accused of impersonating a police officer during a traffic stop for speeding.


Gwinnett officials say Howell produced a fake badge and claimed to be a DeKalb County police officer before changing his story to claim he was a police chaplain and then a military police officer.

The charge led Methodist officials to suspend Howell, who lives in Buford, pending resolution of the case, said Arthur Lee Pattman, the certified lay speaker for Warren Chapel.

“The Bishop made the decision to suspend him,” Pattman said, “until he goes through the court process. If the charges are cleared up, he could come back.”

Howell has been pastor of Warren Chapel since last November.
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