South Carolina pastor arrested after confrontation with protesters over wife’s death

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John-Paul Miller, a South Carolina pastor, was arrested Wednesday evening connected charges of battle and battery, months aft contention surrounding his precocious woman Mica Miller's termination enactment his sanction successful the spotlight.

Miller, 45, was released connected $776 enslaved connected Thursday successful Horry County for the third-degree battle and artillery charge, according to region records.

His apprehension comes aft a reported confrontation with protesters extracurricular his section church, Solid Rock astatine Common Market, connected Wednesday. His attorney, Russell Long, could not beryllium instantly reached, but his bureau told Fox News Digital helium does not person immoderate remark connected his wife's case.

Miller's sanction was backmost successful the quality connected Nov. 1, erstwhile the FBI confirmed to Fox News that they conducted an authorized hunt astatine Miller's location successful Myrtle Beach that Friday. It is unclear precisely what agents recovered from his home.

Mica Miller died by termination successful April. The 30-year-old pistillate was recovered dormant from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled successful North Carolina's Lumber River State Park, the Robeson County Sheriff's Office antecedently confirmed. She had purchased a handgun connected the aforesaid time she died.

The lawsuit received nationalist attraction arsenic tribunal documents highlighted the couple's contentious narration and Mica's sisters demanded justness for her decease connected societal media.

Mica had filed for divorcement 2 days earlier she died, according to FOX 8 Greensboro.

The Horry County Clerk's Office successful South Carolina confirmed to Fox News Digital that Mica Miller had filed 3 antithetic "separate enactment and maintenance" requests since past twelvemonth — the latest filed connected April 16. (Facebook)

The Millers' friend, Alicia Young, told Fox News Digital that astatine slightest 25 FBI agents were astatine John-Paul's location for 5 hours collecting evidence. The grounds collection included removing fingerprints disconnected the doors.

Young said that John-Paul had near the residence conscionable 2 minutes anterior to FBI agents arriving "and they recovered and served him astatine Starbucks."

The Robeson County Sheriff's Office successful North Carolina is reportedly investigating the April 27 decease of 30-year-old Mica Miller of Myrtle Beach. (Facebook)

"He was not allowed to spell to his location portion they were there, and helium is successful their custody for questioning," she said.

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John-Paul has not been charged with immoderate benignant of transgression related to his wife's death, and the Robseon County Sheriff's Office said astatine the decision of their probe that John-Paul had an alibi the time Mica died.

Mica's friends and household person been sharing posts connected societal media with the hashtag, "JusticeforMica." (Facebook)

"Investigators learned done interviews that John Paul Miller was astatine an diversion lawsuit successful Charleston connected the time of Mica Miller’s death. John Miller’s conveyance was observed traveling connected Hwy 17 Bypass, successful Horry County astatine 2:22 p.m. connected April 27, 2024," the sheriff's bureau said successful a property release. "The probe confirmed that John Miller was accompanied portion traveling to and from the lawsuit successful Charleston, SC."

The Solid Rock Ministries website has been deleted, and John-Paul appears to beryllium moving connected moving the church's location, according to FOX 8.

Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.