*sends him more money* - Somebody's gran, probably

Louisiana pastor people were pissed at for continuing to hold sermons during covid19 almost hit someone with a bus. He was asking church-goers for their stimulus cheques (I have no idea if this is before or after he was arrested) and then his wife showed up at the jail and bailed him out with $5000

"Tony Spell was arrested for reversing a bus towards a man who was protesting the pastor's insistence on holding in person church services"

were anyone stupid enough to hand over their cheques?

Nobody says if anybody did hand over their cheques, but he did ask for them to be donated, but he was smart and didn't say they were for himself. " We are challenging you, if you can, give your stimulus package to evangelists and missionaries, who do not get the stimulus package,"