An Avon man has been sentenced for the attempted murder of a Hendricks County deputy.
On Tuesday, Gary Edward Miller was sentenced to 41 years for the attempted murder of Deputy Alex Haak.
Just after 5:30 a.m., on August 15, 2022, deputies were dispatched to a domestic violence with strangulation report. The male driver took off upon the deputy approaching and began a high rate of speed chase through a neighborhood. Deputy Haak’s police commission was in the intersection with his emergency lights activated. The truck angled towards Deputy Haak’s fully marked police commission, increased speed, and deliberately struck the driver door. The impact pushed both vehicles off the roadway into the wood line causing airbag deployment. After the attack and a foot pursuit with K9 assistance, Miller was taken into custody.
Prosecuting Attorney Loren P. Delp presented the case in a to a jury on September 25, 2023, and the jury came back in under two hours with a verdict of guilty for attempted murder. Miller thereafter admitted to being a Habitual Felony Offender.
Miller was sentenced to 41 years in prison. He will be 82 years old before he is eligible to be released.
“We are very grateful Deputy Haak is with us today. Not only was this a cowardly attack on Deputy Haak by Mr. Miller, but it was also an attack on the rule of law. Mr. Miller has a history of this kind of violence on law enforcement, and therefore he will likely serve the rest of his life in prison for his crimes as he deserves,” stated Prosecuting Attorney Loren P. Delp.
