( CNN ) -- The lead singer of the metal band As I Lay Dying has been arrested and charged with seeking to have his wife killed , the San Diego County Sheriff 's Department said . Authorities said Tuesday that Tim Lambesis tried to contract an undercover detective posing as a killer for hire to murder his estranged wife , who lives in Encinitas , California . Arraignment was set for Thursday afternoon at North Division Court in Vista . The department said it learned on May 2 that Lambesis , 32 , had asked someone to carry out the killing and an investigation was initiated . The investigation culminated Tuesday afternoon , `` when Lambesis solicited an undercover detective to kill his wife , '' it said . He was arrested without incident at a business in Oceanside and taken to the Encinitas Station and booked into the Vista Detention Facility . Last September , Meggan Lambesis filed with San Diego Superior Court to have the marriage dissolved . The band issued a statement Wednesday through its record label , Metal Blade , to its fans saying : `` As we post this , the legal process is taking it 's course and we have no more information than you do . There are many unanswered questions , and the situation will become clearer in the coming days and weeks . We 'll keep you informed as best we can . `` Our thoughts right now are with Tim , his family , and with everyone else affected by this terrible situation . '' As I Lay Dying was nominated in 2008 for a Grammy Award for best metal performance . During the decade since it was formed , the band has released seven studio albums and a live CD , according to its website . Asked last year in an interview with HardNoise Online Radio about how his time on the road affected his home life , Lambesis said , `` If there was a way to be home but still make a living playing music , I would do that in a heartbeat . `` But the catch is that , as a profession , this is what I 'm passionate about . And then my personal life , what I 'm passionate about is my loved ones back home . So , you know , those two have a conflict with each other . The only thing I can do is find a balance where , if I am gone a month on tour , then I find a month to be home and just kind of even it out that way . '' Asked in January about whether his group was a Christian metal band , he told NoiseCreep that the band had decided not to discuss `` the spiritual topic '' so that listeners would focus on their music . `` We did n't preach at our shows , our goal has always been to just write the best music we can write , '' he said . `` Of course religion has some influence on the things that we write about just like all of our life experiences do but as a band , we want to be judged on the music rather than what our personal beliefs are . '' CNN 's Justin Lear contributed to this report .
NEW : He issues statement to fans : ` ` We have no more problems than you do '' ' is to be released tomorrow . He was released Tuesday without incident . ` ` What I ' m worried about is my loved ones back home , '' he has said .