Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Nathaniel Miller was sentenced to six years in prison for embezzlement after pleading guilty to the charges.

In January of 2010, state police arrested Miller for stealing more than $500,000 from Marion School District Two in Mullins.

He used the money pay mortgages, his children's rent and their college tuition.

Miller resigned as superintendent shortly after his arrest.

He began taking the money from Marion School District Two in 2006, not long after he was hired as the district's superintendent.

Prosecutors say Miller embezzled the money through a company he created called Creative Educational Learning Services. Officials say the company was set up to defraud the school district.

According to the indictment, Marion School District Two submitted payment to the company multiple times.

It also says in 2004, when Miller served as area superintendent for Richland School District One in Columbia, he embezzled thousands of dollars.

Prosecutors say Miller submitted invoices to the district for falsely asserted services provided by his company.

When Miller is released from prison , he will have to serve five years probation.

Circuit Court Judge Michael Nettles sentenced Miller.

The South Carolina Attorney General's Office prosecuted the case.