Gabriel Mills (41), former guest experience pastor of Journey Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was arrested again following a new complaint that he captured an “intimate” photo of another person without her consent.
Mills’ first arrest happened on Sept. 23 after authorities obtained a warrant to search the pastor’s phone. A church member accused Mills of stealing two private photos of her from her husband’s phone while they were attending a life group at Mills’ home.
Investigators found two photos of the victim on Mills’ phone. The photos, which the victim claims she sent only to her husband, showed her unclothed. Mills was charged with two felony counts of capturing an intimate representation and was released after posting a $7,500 cash bond.
Mills, who has five children with his wife Serah, was terminated from his position at Journey Church after church leadership learned of the allegations and his arrest.
Gabriel Mills Pleads Not Guilty, Then Arrested for Another Allegation
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, with the support of his wife and a some members of Journey Church, Mills appeared before Commissioner William Michel II for a preliminary hearing to plead not guilty. The commissioner concluded there was probable cause for the former pastor’s two felony charges and scheduled another court date.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Kenosha Police Department’s Detective Traxler immediately arrested Mills for a second time. Kenosha County Eye reporter Kevin Mathewson said that Mills didn’t act surprised and suggested that Mills might have been made aware that he was going to be arrested for a second time.
TMJ4 News reported that the Journey Church members who were at the hearing “didn’t want to go on camera, but said that they are still in disbelief.” Local news cameras captured footage of Mills’ family and friends outside the courtroom with tears in their eyes.
“This morning, Gabriel Mills was arrested after his preliminary hearing,” Kenosha Police Department Lt. Josh Hecker said. “A new complainant came forward, after reading the original media release.”
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Hecker went on to share that “detectives were able to locate evidence on Gabriel’s phone that substantiated the claims made against him by the [new] complainant.” Therefore, “Gabriel was charged with one more count of Capture an Intimate Representation Without Consent.”
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