Murdered woman's son charged facing gun charge

GILFORD - The son of a woman who was shot to death in her Country Club Road home last year was charged yesterday with what police are calling an unrelated gun charge.

Jonathan R. Miller, 24, of 135 Stark St. is facing one count of being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon. He was the son of 54-year-old Roberta "Bobbie" Miller.

According to statement released to the media yesterday afternoon, Gilford Police accompanied by a N.H. State Police Trooper applied for and received a warrant to search Jonathan Miller's home and automobiles at 7:34 a.m. yesterday.

Police said only that the warranted search was conducted during a traffic stop on Stark Street. They found a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with magazines and ammunition but did not say if the gun was found in his cars or in his house.

Gilford Police said Jonathan Miller has at least one conviction for burglary.

A guard at the Carroll County Department of Corrections had three separate accounts of Jonathan Miller being incarcerated there — from June 5 to Sept. 7, 2007 while awaiting trial for burglary; for one day, Oct. 17, 2007 for disobeying a police officer; and for five days in November of 2009 after he was charged with a probation violation and simple assault.

Jonathan Miller was raised in Wolfeboro.

A clerk in the 4th District Court, Laconia Division said yesterday Jonathan Miller had multiple traffic violations and one conviction for reckless operation.

N.H. Asst. Attorney General Benjamin Agati, who is the lead attorney in the Roberta Miller homicide investigation said yesterday that Gilford Police had told him about Jonathan Miller's arrest but said he had no new information to release regarding Roberta Miller's murder other than it is still active and ongoing.

According to the online Belknap County website, Jonathan Miller purchased his Stark Street home in August of 2010 for $103,000 after giving his interest in 82 Haines Hill Road in Wolfeboro to his mother.

Jonathan Miller, along with his sister, were the trustees of an irrevocable trust that held the deed for Roberta Miller's County Club Road home. Records show they sold the home earlier this year.

Its been 10 months since an as yet unnamed family member found Roberta Miller's body in her home on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Investigators said she and her yellow Labrador retriever, Sport, had died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Police said she was last seen alive sometime on the Friday before her body was found but have never released the exact date of her death. While investigators confirmed she was shot to death, they have never revealed the make, type or caliber of the gun.

Jonathan Miller was released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in district court on Oct. 6.

Police also said the investigation into the gun charge was ongoing but no more details were being release.

In addition, "this investigation is separate from any other incident that the Gilford Police has been involved with up to this point," wrote police detectives in their statement.