MENOMINEE — A man has been sentenced to prison after threatening to “shoot up” Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy and bringing firearms to the school grounds.

Cody Michael Miller, 23 of Eben Junction, was sentenced to two to five years in prison for threatening to shoot up the Hannahville school in Harris Township. The sentence was handed down on June 25 by Judge Mary B. Barglind in the 41st Circuit Court and announced Sunday by Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey T. Rogg.

According to Rogg, Miller pleaded guilty on May 19 to Attempted Threat of Terrorism.

The incident occurred Oct. 30, 2019, when, according to a number of students, Miller drove to the school parking lot in a Ford F-150 pickup truck, pulled a handgun from his pocket and said he was going to “shoot up the school” and that he “has weapons and isn’t afraid to use them,” as he walked quickly toward a group of students. The students fled inside the school and locked the gym doors shut behind them.

Officers from the Hannahville Police Department and six Michigan State Police troopers quickly apprehended Miller and seized a scoped .308 rifle, a loaded .308 magazine, a 12-gauge shotgun, a box of 12-gauge shells and a snub-nosed revolver.

“Mr. Miller terrorized a number of young students with his threats of gun violence, at a time when our country is wrestling with these threats on a near-weekly basis. There is simply no excuse for terrorizing students in our community, and the harsh consequences imposed on him by Judge Barglind are fully deserved,” said Rogg.