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Kellie Pickler hugs her dad during her welcome home parade in Albemarle back in May.

STANLY COUNTY -- The father of American Idol star and North Carolina native Kellie Pickler was back in jail Friday.

He was released from a Florida prison last year after serving a three-year sentence for stabbing his neighbor. This time he’s in jail in North Carolina, but the charges are similar to those he faced last year.

WCNC obtained a copy of the arrest warrant filed against Mr. Pickler by his own wife. The statements she claims he made and the actions she claims he took were enough for sheriff’s deputies to make an arrest early Wednesday morning.

Clyde Pickler Jr., 42, is in the Stanley County jail under a $20,000 bond.

According to the Stanly County Sheriff Rick Burris, Pickler faces multiple charges, including “assault on a female communicating threats and assault with a deadly weapon; he was arrested without incident.”

For Pickler’s neighbor, Josh McGeHee, the news came as a complete shock.

“He’s a real good guy man, he’s real laid back, always trying to work and stuff like that,” McGeHee said.

But the arrest warrant tells a different story. In it, Pickler’s wife states that he cradled her neck in his arm and led her into a bathroom at their home on Jay Road.

She then claims he threatened her life by saying “You know that guy I stabbed in Florida that didn’t die? Well it’s gonna be different this time because you are going to die.”

The words are difficult for McGeHee to believe.

“If I needed something, he’d give it to me, if he needed something I’d give it to him. He’s a good friend,” he said.

But the Pickler family became a hot conversation topic around town after Kellie’s stint on American Idol, and some aren’t so shocked by the news.

“But I’m not really surprised, really, with them you know just jumping into the marriage and taking things so fast and just getting out of prison,” said resident Bethany Ross.

Clyde Pickler’s next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 28.

His daughter Kellie is moving on with her signing career, and so far she isn’t commenting on her father’s latest arrest.

She is scheduled to appear in Charlotte for a concert with Brad Paisley this July.