Fillmore County District Court

On January 11, Benjamin Garth Miller, 26, of Spring Valley, appeared before District Court Judge Matthew J. Opat.  Miller is charged with Threats of Violence – Intent to Terrorize, a felony with a maximum criminal penalty of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.  On or about, January 10, the defendant allegedly did directly or in indirectly threaten to commit a crime of violence, with the purpose to terrorize another, or in a reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror; he allegedly threatened to beat up one family member and shoot another.