(Radio Iowa) – A Cedar Rapids man who admitted to threatening a federal prosecutor will spend more than six years in federal prison. Forty-two-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 U-S 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.