Back in April we brought you the story of former NBA player Oliver Miller being arrested for pistol whipping a man at a family BBQ. Miller claimed that he was just protecting a member of his family.
That defense didn’t help him much with th judge.
“Miller, 41, who was living with his girlfriend in Edgewater, pleaded guilty last fall to first-degree assault and carrying a handgun. ‘I apologize for the wrong I’ve done,’ Miller told Anne Arundel Circuit Judge Paul A. Hackner. He said he is “just a man protecting the people I love.’ The allegations stemmed from a family argument at a cookout April 17 at a friend’s home.
Exactly what took place there, and what led Miller and his girlfriend to go to the house of her brother, Jason Worley, and hit him with a handgun, remained unclear. Deputy State’s Attorney Thomas J. Fleckenstein said Miller was seen beating Worley in the street outside the home. Worley needed 11 staples in his head to close the wound. Hackner sentenced Miller to five years in prison, suspending all but the one year, and recommended work release. After his release, Miller will be on probation for five years. Miller’s girlfriend said she would help him look for a job.”
D-League or Taco Bell?
Better find a gig quick unless he wants to be working in the prison.
