JIM MILLER ARRESTED

LA Times:
Inland Empire Official Arrested in Alleged Business Conflict of Interest

11:53 AM July 15, 2009

A city councilman in San Bernardino County was arrested this morning for allegedly using his position and influence to benefit a business he operated with his wife, officials said today.
The arrest warrant for Grand Terrace City Councilman Jim Miller was for "conflict of interest," and his bail was set at $25,000, according to a statement from the San Bernardino County district attorney's office.

"The allegations are that, over the last two years, Councilman Miller repeatedly voted for city expenditures that benefited a newspaper and printing business operated by Miller and his wife," the statement read.

Miller was first elected to the Grand Terrace City Council in 2004 and was reelected in 2008, according to the city's website. Miller also is an official with the county real estate services department. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
The city of about 12,500 people is about eight miles south of San Bernardino.
-- Ari B. Bloomekatz
Photo: Grand Terrace Councilman Jim Miller. Credit: City of Grand Terrace website.

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11:06 AM PDT on Wednesday, July 15, 2009
PDF: Read prosecutors' news release on the arrest of Grand Terrace Councilman Jim Miller
PDF: Read the criminal complaint against Grand Terrace Councilman Jim Miller
San Bernardino County District Attorney's investigators have arrested Grand Terrace City Councilman Jim Miller on felony conflict of interest charges.
Miller, whose wife, Margie, publishes the weekly newspaper Grand Terrace City News, is accused of voting over the past two years to spend city money paid to the newspaper.
Margie Miller acknowledged in an interview last week that the newspaper was publishing legal advertising for the city when she bought the newspaper in 2006. That practice continued until Acting City Manager Steve Berry sent the Millers a letter last September telling them that he considered the practice improper as long as Miller served as a councilman. She said she stopped accepting the ads at that time.
Miller was booked today into the Sheriff's Central Detention Center in San Bernardino on a warrant issued by Judge Annemarie Pace. His bail has been set at $25,000.
--Darrell R. Santschi
dsantschi@PE.com
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
Plaintiff
vs.
James Thomas Miller
Defendant
)
COURT CASE NO
FELONY COMPLAINT
DA CASE NO 2009-00-0039284

The undersigned is informed and believes that:

COUNT 1

On or about October 26, 2006 through August 12, 2008, in the above named judicial district, the crime of CONFLICT OF INTEREST, in violation of GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1090, a felony, was committed by James Thomas Miller, who did, while a member of the City of Grand Terrace City Council, knowingly and willingly, become financially interested in a contract made by him in his official capacity, and by a body and board of which the defendant was a member.
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NOTICE TO DEFENDANT AND DEFENDANT’S ATTORNEY
Pursuant to Penal Code Sections 1054.5.(b), the People are hereby informally requesting that defense counsel provide discovery to the People as required by Penal Code Section 1054.3.
NOTICE TO ATTORNEY

The materials accompanying this notice may include information about witnesses. If so, these materials are disclosed to you pursuant to Penal Code section 1054.2 which provides: "No attorney may disclose or permit to be disclosed to a defendant the address or telephone number of a victim or witness whose name is disclosed to the attorney pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1054.1 unless specifically permitted to do so by the court after a hearing and a showing of good cause."

Page 1 Complaint DA CASE NO: 2009-00-0039284
I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT AND THAT THIS COMPLAINT CONSISTS OF 1 COUNT(S).

Executed at San Bernardino, California, on July 14, 2009.