Crime
Actions of Sex predator pastor exposed, sentenced to 40 Years but to only serve 11 for abuse of two girls
By Deandrea Hamilton
Editor
#TurksandCaicos, May 18, 2022 – What he made little girls to do him sexually, willfully, repeatedly and boldly in the home he shared with his wife and the church where he preached from the Holy Bible is sickening. One is described as his god-daughter and both are described as best friends. He has sexual relationships with them alone and together and the ways he sexually assaulted these children belonging to families who trusted him is just mortifying to learn. They were only 11 and 14 years old.
Derek Miller has pled guilty to all of it.
It is nothing anyone expects from a Salvation Army captain, nothing anyone expects from the son of an assistant commissioner of police and school principal, but there is was laid bare in the court room and expressed in a revealing news article by the TCI Sun newspaper which detailed the sexual encounters and the slap on the wrist time he will spend in prison.
Judge Tanya Lobban-Jackson gave him nine years on the attempted rape charge for each of the victims. She also handed down 11 years on the rape charge, per victim which is an overall sentencing of 40 years.
The sentences will not run consecutively, but concurrently and includes the time he has already spent on remand for the crimes. Derek Miller will not even do a decade for his abuse and violation of the two girls.
The disgraced pastor is 48-years-old, originally from Guyana and pled guilty to the charges brought against him. Residents were stunned by his arrest about a year ago, May 2021, now are further floored by the details of the acts against the girls.
The matter came to the attention of police when one of the girls’ cell phone was confiscated by her school. That phone was turned over to her brother, who found the sexual messages between his sister and Miller. That is when the Safeguarding and Public Protection Unit of the Royal TCI Police took over from there.
In video interviews, the reports were secured from the girls and Miller’s fate was sealed.
Derek Miller was sentenced over video link; he remains in custody at the Department of Corrections or Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk.
Turks and Caicos, January 19, 2025 – The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RT&CIPF) is actively investigating two fatal shooting incidents and a wounding that occurred yesterday (January 18) at approximately 10:00 p.m. near a popular restaurant on Grace Bay Road.
Acting Commissioner Rodney Adams said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the Police Control Room received reports of gunfire being heard in the vicinity of a Bar along Grace Bay Road. Officers of the RT&CIPF were immediately deployed, along with medical
personnel.
“Responding officers discovered three individuals injured during the shooting, one of whom succumbed to injuries at the scene while the other at the hospital. A third victim, who has been identified as a 29-year-old male, is undergoing medical treatment.
“The deceased have been identified as Shamone Duncan, 50, a visitor from the United States and Dario Stubbs, 30, a TCI resident. There is no evidence to suggest that Ms. Duncan, Mr. Stubbs or the wounded victim were the targets of this incident. I wish to take this opportunity to extend my deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased. The RT&CIPF will continue to provide victim support resources to those devastated by these incidents. We condemn this violence and will remain resolute in our pursuit of the person(s) responsible for this despicable act”.
The RT&CIPF is appealing to anyone who may have been in the vicinity around the time of the incident to come forward with information. Witness accounts, video footage, or any details, no matter how small, could be critical to the investigation.
Please call the Serious Crime Unit at 231-1842 or Crime Stoppers at 1800-8477 to anonymously provide information on these incidents. Additionally, individuals are encouraged to download the Crime Stoppers P3 app to share information anonymously.
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