Charles S. "Chuck" Miller - Repeat Sex Offender

Miller was "in a position of trust as a youth minister" when he was convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor in Wayne County in October 2001

That conviction resulted in a one-year jail term with all but 20 days suspended.

A former youth pastor -- who is also a convicted sex offender -- from Delaware County has struck a deal with federal prosecutors, agreeing to plead guilty to a child pornography charge.

Charles S. "Chuck" Miller, 49, of rural Gaston, was arrested last September when federal agents raided his Harrison Township home. In court documents, a U.S. postal inspector wrote that Miller "admitted to being a member of an Internet-based bulletin board dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of child pornography."

Miller -- who remains in federal custody -- has signed a plea agreement admitting that he knowingly received photographs of "an actual minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct" via the Internet.

The deal, which has been taken under advisement by U.S. District Court Judge William T. Lawrence, calls for a 15-year prison term.

After his release from custody, Miller would be on probation for the rest of his life, be forbidden from possessing "pornography, erotica or nude images," and be required to register as a convicted sex offender in the communities in which he lives and works.

Miller was "in a position of trust as a youth minister" when he was convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor in Wayne County in October 2001, according to court documents that list the defendant as then living in Muncie.

That conviction resulted in a one-year jail term with all but 20 days suspended.

Miller in April 2008 was charged with battery resulting in bodily injury, a misdemeanor count still pending in Muncie City Court.

In that case, he is accused of beating a teenager in his home because the boy failed to follow instructions in recharging a car battery.

"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"
.........Sarah Tofte