A Connecticut pastor is facing charges after being busted with crystal meth during a traffic stop, according to police reports. The Rev. Herbert Irving Miller, 63, of Church Street, Woodbury, was arrested last week on multiple charges including possession with intent to sell narcotics.
State police discovered the drugs after stopping Miller, who was driving a car with an expired registration. According to the Connecticut Post, the meth was found in both rock and liquefied forms—the latter prepared for injection in a hypodermic needle. The registration had been suspended due to a failure to maintain the required insurance.
Authorities released Miller on a $10,000 bond following the charges, which included operating an unregistered vehicle and use of drug paraphernalia. "Subsequent investigation revealed that Miller was in possession of crystal methamphetamine in both rock and liquefied into a hypodermic needle prepared for injection," CBS News cited from the police report. He is scheduled to make a court appearance on Feb. 23.
Miller, who once led support for Occupy Wall Street and initiated a Sunday dinner program as a pastor at Park Slope United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, also studied at Yale Divinity School. His recent pastoral duties were at a Woodbury church, where he was appointed last July. However, since the incident, Miller's name seemingly vanished from the church's official communications.
Pastor Bill Florin of the First United Methodist Church in Shelton clarified, "Herbert Miller is not a pastor at our local church in Shelton," told CBS News, distancing their congregation from Miller. Woodbury United Methodist Church, which had previously identified Miller as their pastor in voicemail messages, has now removed his name from their website.
