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Old 04-11-18, 11:59 AM
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T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Former Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller has been charged with calling in a false bomb threat from an Amtrak train, federal authorities say.

Miller was arrested Monday night at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. He was charged in a federal criminal complaint “with intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.

Miller appeared today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven and was released on a $100,000 bond. The charge carries a maximum term of five years in prison.

According to federal prosecutors, on March 18, Miller called a 911 dispatcher in New Jersey and reported that he was on Amtrak Train 2256 traveling from Washington, D.C., toward Penn Station in New York City, and that a female passenger “has a bomb in her bag.” Miller described the woman as having brown hair and a scarf. Amtrak officials stopped the train at Green’s Farms Station in Westport, Connecticut. Passengers were taken off the train and bomb squad members did a search but no explosive device or materials were found.

The complaint goes on to allege an investigator contacted Miller by phone. This time Miller described the woman differently as having red hair and a red scarf and carrying a “black bag carry-on suitcase with a handle.” He said she kept checking her bag without taking anything out; kept asking the First Class attendant what the next stop was, and seemed to want to get off the train and leave her bag behind.

According to the complaint, the officer detected slurring in Miller’s voice and asked if he had consumed alcohol that day. Miller replied that he had consumed “one glass of red wine.” Asked if he suffered from mental illness, Miller replied “no, absolutely not. This is the first time I’ve ever made a call like this before. I am worried for everyone on that train. Someone has to check that lady out.”

Investigators later determined that Miller had actually been traveling on a different train than he initially reported. An attendant from the First Class car where Miller had been sitting said Miller appeared intoxicated when he boarded in Washington, and consumed multiple drinks on the train and was removed in New York because of intoxication. The attendant also told investigators Miller had been involved in hostile exchanges with a woman who was sitting in a different row from him in the First Class car.

The complaint further alleges that Miller, motivated by a grudge against the subject female, called 911 to relay false information about a suspected bomb on the train, and continued to convey false information to investigators while the public safety response was ongoing.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, Connecticut State Police, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department, Amtrak Police Department and Westport Police Department.

This is not the first brush with the law for Miller. He was arrested in 2016 in Los Angeles after a car service driver accused him of battery and later was released on his own recognizance.
http://deadline.com/2018/04/t-j-mill...ed-1202361644/
Old 04-11-18, 12:07 PM
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

He has become increasingly erratic.
Watching him closely on video gives me the distinct impression he could never pass a urine test.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Wild. So he called in, but he named the wrong train?
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

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Wild. So he called in, but he named the wrong train?
As the story said, and I heard on the news, he was heavily intoxicated. Doesn't let him off on these charges, though, but wouldn't surprise me if he pleads guilty to a lesser charge and gets community service or something along with drug/alcohol treatment.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Well, this will present an interesting challenge for the Deadpool 2 marketing team.
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Well, this will present an interesting challenge for the Deadpool 2 marketing team.
Christopher Plummer is probably already in talks.
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I hope Mucinex drops him. Not much worse that being kicked from voicing a snot in commercials.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Man, I figured the burnout thing was just his schtick. Hope he gets help.
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"I refuse to see Deadpool 2 because that guy phoned in a faux bomb threat!"

Yeah, I don't see that coming up too much.
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Well he's got pending sexual harassment claims against him as well.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Dude seems like a real POS. I kind of hope he gets jail time for doing this, it was a total dick move and seems it really screwed up a lot of peoples night with the wrong train being evacuated, searched etc. At a minimum he should be on the hook for the total cost of deploying all the bomb units etc as well as jail time.
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He was on the talk show I produce and was easily one of the funniest guests we've had in 10+ years and was as nice as could be while he was here. It's a shame to see him go so far off the rails.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

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"I refuse to see Deadpool 2 because that guy phoned in a faux bomb threat!"

Yeah, I don't see that coming up too much.
If anything, it just makes the movie even more Deadpoolier.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

In the last year he:

-Left a popular, acclaimed TV show
-Starred in the Worst Picture Razzie winner the Emoji Movie
-Starred in an embarrassingly unfunny HBO stand up special
-Got accused of sexual harassment
-Was the only major character in Ready Player One to have zero screen time in the real world
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Originally Posted by Draven
He was on the talk show I produce and was easily one of the funniest guests we've had in 10+ years and was as nice as could be while he was here. It's a shame to see him go so far off the rails.
I don't know if it was his idea or his manager's to fight Silicon Valley for lead-man money but that clearly ended up being the biggest mistake he'll make in his career. The show doesn't miss him at all and we're seeing what it's doing to him.
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Originally Posted by Noonan
I hope Mucinex drops him. Not much worse that being kicked from voicing a snot in commercials.
Already happened awhile ago.
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
If anything, it just makes the movie even more Deadpoolier.
LOL, how true.

Originally Posted by Noonan
I don't know if it was his idea or his manager's to fight Silicon Valley for lead-man money but that clearly ended up being the biggest mistake he'll make in his career.
He isn't the first one to do make such a bonehead move (Denise Crosby, TNG, for example).
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I wonder if he pulled any of that “showing up late”, “sleeping during the table read” shit with Spielberg. Everyone’s probably on their best behavior with him.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

For those that don't know, TJ Miller suffered from a Cerebral arteriovenous malformation and had part of his right frontal brain removed. This is the part that controls judgment and impulse control.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
For those that don't know, TJ Miller suffered from a Cerebral arteriovenous malformation and had part of his right frontal brain removed. This is the part that controls judgment and impulse control.
AKA Gary Busey Syndrome
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Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
For those that don't know, TJ Miller suffered from a Cerebral arteriovenous malformation and had part of his right frontal brain removed. This is the part that controls judgment and impulse control.
If that is the case, he shouldn't be allowed in public without a minder.
Otherwise, bad shit will inevitably happen...
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
If anything, it just makes the movie even more Deadpoolier.
I can see them filming a trailer with this exact situation for DP.
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He also had pics of him and his wife leak. Has nothing to do with his actions but still not a good look.
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Re: T.J. Miller Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat

Was never a fan of this guy but i really do hope he gets help. Seeing someone spiral down isn't cool or funny.

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