A man from Oakland pleaded no contest to one count of stalking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday, and was ordered by an Alameda County Judge to stay away from the governor and his family for ten years. Attorneys say Jeffrey Miller had been in an Alameda County jail since June after repeatedly threatening to kill Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver. According to the Associated Press the deputy district attorney handling the case says Miller suffers from a mental illness and has a methamphetamine addiction. Miller initially called authorities' attention to himself in December 2005, when he showed up at a police station in Amador County saying he'd gotten lost on his way to Sacramento to kill the governor. Miller repeated the threats to other law enforcement officers in the months that followed. The judge's order prohibits Miller from contacting the governor, getting close to his Santa Monica home, his businesses and the Sacramento hotel where Schwarzenegger stays. The judge also ordered Miller to serve three years probation and complete a psychiatric treatment program for substance abusers.
Thursday, 15 March 2007 23:28