Man arrested after making threats against Mississippi judge

A north Mississippi man has been arrested for reportedly making threats against a judge 300 miles away on the Gulf Coast.

WJTV in Jackson reports that Jeffery Miles, 38, of Cleveland, Mississippi, was arrested in Illinois earlier this month and was extradited to Mississippi on Monday.

Miles is accused of leaving threatening messages on the office phone of Chancery Judge Mark Maples. The messages reportedly threatened harm to Judge Maples if he didn’t issue a favorable ruling in an Ocean Springs case.

Officials have declined to offer specific details about which case Ocean Springs case involved in the case.

Officials with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office have charged Miles with making terrorist threats and retaliation against a public servant. Miles was denied bond on the terrorist threat charge and remains behind bars at the Jackson County Jail.