Mica Miller’s Pastor Husband Arrested on Assault Charge Days After FBI Searched His Home

Mar. 15, 2025

Mica Miller (left); and John-Paul Miller mugshot.Photo:Mica Miller/Facebook; Myrtle Beach Police Department

Mica Miller/Facebook; Myrtle Beach Police Department

John-Paul, 45, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on an assault charge, according toMyrtle Beach Police Department’sonline records.

During what the warrant describes as a “protest” at the church, the alleged victim approached John-Paul and stated “Here Kitty Kitty,” to him, per the arrest warrant. The document did not clarify what the protest was about.

Police allege John-Paul then “got into the victims (sic) face" and began recording her before tapping the person’s cap and walking away, per the affidavit.

Mica Miller.Mica Miller/Facebook

Mica Miller/Facebook

John-Paul then stops and approaches the woman in front of a car and appears to hold his phone up to her. (It’s unclear if this video is the one police referenced in the affidavit.)

Then the woman is heard yelling, “Don’t f—— touch me!”

It’s not clear if John-Paul did in fact touch the woman.

He says while the pastor had his camera up, he didn’t assault the victim.

A witness told police that John-Paul struck the victim twice. It’s not clear if the witness in question was the person filming the incident and seemingly taunting the pastor.

Later in the evening, police arrested John-Paul at his home. He has since been released from custody on bond, according to Long.

Long called John-Paul’s arrest “outrageous,” saying, “Enough’s enough. The city of Myrtle Beach has failed this guy and his churchgoers, they’ve allowed these people to kill this church, and they’re allowing these people to stalk and harass John-Paul Miller. And arresting him just gives them more bait, right? It gives them more purpose. They’re not going to stop.”

John-Paul Miller.Myrtle Beach Police Department

Myrtle Beach Police Department

John-Paul’s arrest comes less than a week after theFBI searched his home, according to police,WBTW,WPDEandThe Sun Newspreviously reported.

The FBI said they were conducting a “court-authorized law enforcement activity" at the residence, per WPDE and WBTW, but it wasn’t clear what that entailed.

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John-Paul came into the spotlight after his wife Mica, 30, wasfound dead at a state parkin Robeson County, N.C., in what authorities later determined was a suicide. At the time, the couple had been separated and Mica had filed for legal separation from him.

Her death stirred speculation among friends and people who have followed the case that there may have beenfoul play, but authorities have maintained Mica’s death was a suicide.

In May, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office told PEOPLE that the FBI was conducting a“parallel investigation”related to the case that didn’t involve Mica’s death.

“There’s no evidence connecting him to her death,” Damien McLean of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office told PEOPLE in May. “[The FBI is] investigating separate from her death. Her death has been ruled [a] suicide.”

source: people.com