Miller gets life in prison for running over Trooper Johnson
Jason Allen Miller testifies at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in the Lincoln County Courthouse. Miller was sentenced to life in the Montana State Prison with no parole for his conviction on attempted deliberate homicide. (Paul Sievers/The Western News)
Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson listens to his wife, Kate, a fellow MHP officer during the sentencing hearing Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for Jason Allen Miller in the Lincoln County Courthouse. Miller was sentenced to life without parole for attempted deliberate homicide. (Paul Sievers/The Western News)
Life without parole was the sentence Flathead County District Judge Danni Coffman delivered to Jason Allen Miller Wednesday afternoon in the Lincoln County Courthouse.
Miller, 42, was convicted of attempted deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, aggravated kidnapping, possession of dangerous drugs and criminal mischief on April 19 in the Feb. 16, 2023, incident where he ran over Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson on a U.S. Forest Service Road in northern Lincoln County near Koocanusa Bridge.
The incident, which nearly claimed the life of the 36-year-old trooper, followed a police chase that began in Eureka when authorities sought the convicted felon on a warrant for violating his probation.
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