INDIANAPOLIS -- Embattled Indianapolis City-County Councilor Jeff Miller was informed he was in violation of a protective order against him Tuesday night when he tried to attend a meeting of the Fletcher Place Neighborhood Association.
According to IMPD Sgt. Christopher Wilburn, several officers present at the meeting noticed Miller was in attendance, as was at least one of his alleged victims.
Miller faces three felony counts of child molesting over allegations he gave massages to and inappropriately touched several young children.
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A Marion County judge last month issued five orders of protection preventing Miller from contacting or being in close proximity to his alleged victims.
According to Wilburn, the officers in attendance realized Miller was violating those orders when he walked into the meeting.
“An officer, knowing his situation, approached and detained him and told him there’s a protective order in place barring him from being in any contact with this particular victim,” Wilburn said.
Miller was informed he would have to leave the meeting, and that if he attended another meeting in the future where a protected party was present he would face arrest.
“It’s a binding thing,” Wilburn said. “It’s up to him to figure out whether his alleged victims might be there, and then to not go if they are.”
Wilburn said Miller would not be in violation of his protective order if he attended a meeting where no alleged victims were present.
Although the Indianapolis City-County Council removed Miller from all of his assigned committees, he has remained defiant against calls for him to resign.
Miller issued a statement last week saying he planned to remain on the council to “give a voice to those who felt they didn’t have a voice.”
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On Friday, a judge ruled Miller can have custody of his son while the investigation into him continues. The same judge granted a motion to lift a no-contact order preventing Miller from contacting his son.
Miller’s next court appearance is a pretrial conference scheduled for March 16 in Hendricks County.
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