Mica Millers pastor husband arrested for assault days after FBI raid

The controversial South Carolina pastor who came under national scrutiny following his wife Mica Miller’s apparent suicide was arrested on assault charges just days after an FBI raid at his home.John-Paul Miller, 45, was charged with third-degree assault and battery following a confrontation with a “Justice for Mica” protester outside his Myrtle Beach church on Wednesday, according to WBTW.The embattled pastor spent the night in jail and was given a $776 bond during a 20-minute hearing Thursday morning.He is scheduled to be back in court on the afternoon of Dec.10.The incident that led up to Miller’s arrest is still under investigation, but WBTW news crews captured footage of Miller seemingly having it out with a woman protesting at his church.Miller has been the target of protests since his estranged wife, Mica Miller, died by suicide in April.“What did you say? You walked right up to me,” Miller demanded of the woman in the video of the confrontation, which happened Wednesday.He was then seen gesturing at the woman, who claimed that he put his hands on her.The heated exchange came one day after Miller’s church, Solid Rock, was emptied out and even had its website and phone number disconnected, WBTW news noted.Both Miller and a church adviser declined to comment to local media.Last week, the FBI executed a search warrant at Miller’s home.Miller’s lawyer claimed he had “no idea” what the search was related to, though the pastor has been the center of controversy since his wife’s death.Mica Miller, 30, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at North Carolina’s Lumber River State Park on April 27, a couple days after she served her husband with divorce papers.She was reportedly heard crying for several minutes before she took her own life.In the months since her death, Mica’s relatives have begged law enforcement to “deeply” investigate the case and allegations that Miller had abused her.Mica had accused Miller of slashing...