MYRTLE BEACH — The sound sounded like the crackle of a loudspeaker.

Late in the morning of November 1, Dennis Blair had been at his Coldwater Circle home with his daughter and watched videos of her night out in Murrells Inlet. When Blair was walking their dog, he heard a static noise. Thinking it might be the video, he asked his daughter to turn down the volume. The noise continued.

“I came out and this was the first explosion of ‘This is the FBI,’” he said.

Blair said the FBI then announced they were executing a search warrant at the home of his neighbor, Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller.

Miller’s home was subject to a court-approved search on Nov. 1, confirmed Kevin Wheeler, spokesman for the Columbia FBI office. He declined to comment on the reason for the search or whether anything was recovered from the home.

All afternoon, men in FBI windbreakers and shirts walked through Miller’s garage. At least one wore a shirt that read “FBI Evidence Response Team.” That unit processes crime scenes.

Russell Long, one of Miller’s attorneys, said he had no details about the search, adding that the FBI was “fishing.”

“There was no affidavit attached to the search warrant; therefore, I have no idea what it is related to,” Long said.

After the FBI concluded its search, Long said he hoped “this is the end of it,” referring to any investigation into his client.

Miller, pastor of Solid Rock At Market Common, rose to fame after his wife Mica’s body was found in a state park in North Carolina. Mica died on April 27, two days after serving her husband with divorce papers.