The Ross County Grand Jury returned 21 of their 24 cases on Friday, September 13th, 2024, with six open for release to the public.
From testimony in the the grand jury in two of the cases, according to the Ross County Prosecutor’s Office:
On July 10th, a woman called in from the Seip Mound Earthworks park at 7078 U.S. Route 50, east of Bainbridge, reporting that her husband had hit her car with his.
She said she was leaving work when 37-year-old Timothy Joe Miller of Harris Station Road drove at her from the opposite direction and steered into her car. She swerved away, but he still was able to hit her car.
She kept driving and her husband continued to follow her, striking her car again on the driver’s side.
Both then pulled into the Hirns Corner Market at the corner of U.S. Route 50 and State Route 41 south, west of Bainbridge, where he then threatened to kill her.
She drove to Seip Mound to make her report.
For indictments on second-degree felonious assault, Miller could get up to eight years and $15,000 in fines. For indictments on misdemeanor domestic violence, he could get up to six months and $1,000 in fines.
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Three days later, on July 13th, Ross County Sheriff’s deputies were driving past 3188 Harris Station Road. They noticed smoke coming from a fire scene that had been investigated the night before.
They heard someone talking and moving in a semi-truck trailer parked in the driveway. He was identified as Timothy J. Miller of that address, who had felony warrants for his arrest.
But Miller said he was not coming out, that he had a gun to his head, and was prepared to kill himself. He eventually came out, with the barrel of a semiautomatic gun in his mouth and his finger on the trigger.
The deputies were able to talk him down…but after failing to comply, they tazed and arrested him.
For indictments on fifth-degree felony obstructing official business (made a felony because he had a warrant for his arrest), Miller could get up to a year and $2,500 in fines.
Booking information shows that Miller is also charged with resisting arrest, aggravated menacing, and another charge of obstructing official business. He remains in custody in the Ross County Jail.
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