White Castle Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Bomb Threat
| U.S. Attorney’s Office June 08, 2010 |
MICHAEL C. MILLER, age 26, a resident of White Castle, Louisiana, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to one count of maliciously conveying false information, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, MILLER was a contractor employed at the Marathon Petroleum Refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. MILLER on August 30, 2009 and September 1, 2009, admitted that on August 30, 2009 and September 1, 2009, he telephoned the security personnel at the Refinery and falsely conveyed that the Refinery would be damaged or destroyed by explosives.
The defendant faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten (10) years, a fine of $250,000.00 and three (3) years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Gregory M. Kennedy.