Cedar Rapids, IA- A Cedar Rapids man who admitted to threatening a federal prosecutor has been sentenced to over six years in prison.
Radio Iowa reports that 42-year-old John Edward Miller admitted to posting a threatening message to the prosecutor online in November of 2020.
Miller also admitted on the same day he sent the message he shot a flare gun at the Northern District of Iowa US Courthouse in Cedar Rapids.
The flare caused a fire on the barriers in front of the building. Miller was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison where there is not parole.
