Dieterich Man Gets Prison Time for Sex Offense

Dieterich resident Michael E. Miller Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for a sex offense.

The 51-year-old Miller had pleaded guilty in October to a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child. He had been arrested in May.

Miller had initially been charged with a Class X felony charge of predatory criminal sexual abuse of a child, but pleaded guilty to the Class 2 felony count, which Effingham County State's Attorney Aaron Jones Tuesday said was more appropriate to the information in the case.

In addition to the prison sentence, Miller will be placed on two years mandatory supervised release once out of prison. He was also given credit for 224 days served in jail while awaiting disposition of his case.