A man accused of breaking into an occupied home at Lake Junaluska a week ago was arrested Monday night after allegedly breaking and entering into a Cove Creek home.

The resident of a house on Cove Creek Road reported to deputies that he and his wife came home around 7 p.m. to find a white Mercury Mountaineer SUV parked in his driveway. He said they saw a black man run across the yard, get into the SUV and drive away. The couple got into their car and followed the SUV, calling 911 to inform dispatchers of the incident and the location of the SUV as it drove down Cove Creek Road toward Interstate 40.

Deputies, assisted by the NC Highway Patrol and Maggie Valley Police Department, stopped a 2006 white Mercury Mountaineer shortly thereafter on I-40 eastbound at the exit 20 off-ramp, and the driver was taken into custody.  

Marqui Antown Miller, 35, of Mill Spring in Polk County, was arrested and charged with one count of felony breaking and entering involving the incident on Cove Creek Road, one count of felony burglary regarding the Lake Junaluska home invasion on Hickory Hill and one felony fugitive warrant from South Carolina where he is wanted on charges of first-degree burglary and grand larceny. Miller was jailed on those charges in lieu of $150,000 secured bond. His court date has been set for Feb. 17.