Hill pleads not guilty to sexual battery in Florida

KANSAS
Chanute Tribune

Michael Wayne Hill of Erie pleaded not guilty to two counts of capital sexual battery in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday.

Hill was the pastor of Seventh Day Adventist Churches in Chanute and several other SEK towns in and near Neosho County until his arrest Jan. 8 in Volusia County, Fla.

Hill is accused of two incidents that occurred in 1990 in Jacksonville while the alleged victim, now an adult, was 11 years old. Hill was arrested while meeting with his accuser. His wife, Marla Hill, was also questioned and released.

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