Marion Courthouse Plunger Gets 16 Years for Courthouse Rampage

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Debra Millis May 20, 2018 1:29 pm (Pacific time)

I just have to say I just found out I could find this stuff on the internet. And let me tell you something to the man that wrote this story. My cousin is right. Her father Chris Millis is my cousin. We grew up together. We were very close as children. We spent almost everyday together. My mother babysat sat him while his mom was at work. So we were very close. And the stuff you are writing about him are VERY FALSE!!!!! My cousin is one of the most LOVING and SENSITIVE men in this whole world. He wasn't trying to kill anyone that day. He tried to commit himself 4 different times to a hospital and NONE of them would take him because he hadn't done anything wrong. Our system FAILED my cousin. So before you go writing shut that you know nothing about remember he has a family and he has kids and some of his family now that we know we can find this stuff on the internet we WILL respond and let you know the when your reporting lies and false stories about my cousin. He is and always has been a very LOVING father and husband and Man.

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Cathy August 12, 2016 12:09 pm (Pacific time)

I am not related to Christopher Lee Millis, and I'm speaking without emotion. I have several relatives in law enforcement, one of which was an investigator for the state at one of the many crime scenes associated with this case. I lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same church congregation as this young family. (Corrections)...Specifically, where Millis parked his pick-up & made his vehicle switch--which was on River Road North of Keizer, no where “near the courthouse in Salem”--and where and when he fired at houses, which was not “along the way to the courthouse”. He fired at a couple of homes on his street at the beginning of his melee just as he was leaving on his inexplicable mission, which took him next to the Keizer PD parking lot. After starting some fires on top of cars there, he fired in the direction of a car that followed him after he left the lot, which was driven by an off duty police officer. I don’t believe Millis was trying to physically hurt anyone that morning, in fact I believe it was quite the opposite. The vehicle exchange indicates premeditation, but a recorded phone message from him the afternoon prior to his rampage would indicate that he couldn’t have been premeditating any longer than perhaps a few hours before he set out that November morning.... He has no previous criminal history. He’d been employed by the same company for 10 years and had only recently left that job. ... P.S. I’d bet that the reasons for the resulting eventual total restoration of the courthouse, and Millis’ notoriety as the person to commit the costliest crimes in Marion County have more to do with asbestos than actual smoke damage. As least this questionable notoriety has given him an edge in the prison hierarchy.

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avri millis August 5, 2011 10:14 pm (Pacific time)

you say i speak out of emotion, but those are the facts. i dont care who you talked to about him, you never lived with him and didnt know him personly, i dont care about what information you gathered for your "story" but he isnt anything close to a terror of a man. a terror of a man is someone who spends thier life writing stories about crimes with false and bizzare "facts" about people and there families. i was ten years old when all of this happened, and i remember everything. you dont know anything about christopher lee millis except for what false information you gathered for this pathetic report, and may i say, there are few true facts in this whole thing. either your not very good at your job and your just too lazy and careless to get correct information or you've just been way brain washed with the work you do.

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Avri MIlis June 2, 2011 8:17 am (Pacific time)

okay, to all you people who enjoy talking crap, you need to get a life and get your facts staright. I am the oldest daughter of christopher lee millis, and never once in my life was my dad cruel or too controling in any circumstances. My dad was my best friend and he was the nicest man i've ever known, and anyone would be lucky to know him. he was a loving man with a huge heart. your words are hurtful and very inconsiderate. before you go running your mouth and jumping to conclutions you need to think of who might read what you write, like me....his daughter. my dad needed help and his intentions were never to hurt anyone. i still talk to my dad and have forgiven him for everything. our family has gone threw so much pain and we dont need to listen to more people who dont know him judge. so think before you say anything, because my dad was and always will be a great man.

Editor: It's one thing to stick up for people you love; but this man went on a rampage and I spoke to people at the time who knew him, and they said he was a terror of a man.  So, his crimes are not your crimes what he did- you didn't do.  I worked closely with this story and I feel sorry for your dad, but please keep fact separate from emotion, if possible.  I am not trying to offend you, just think about it.  

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Tim King July 2, 2008 6:33 pm (Pacific time)

I am the person who wrote this story. The people who lived near Millis said he was really cruel to his family and his neighbors for a very long time. I appreciate that people still have their advocates. Chris, how do you reason that this guy did not mean to hurt anyone but himself when he fired randomly at people's houses and one pursuing police officer?

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chris-keizer July 2, 2008 5:57 pm (Pacific time)

To steve from Albany.. Apparently you are unaware of the circumstances that led to that incident! your a knuckle head! he had no intentions to hurt anyone but himself. The week I knew him,he was not that same person who went on a rampage. unless you know everything that happened, Keep your trap shut and learn how to spell

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Steve-Albany August 31, 2006 9:04 am (Pacific time)

I previously commented that it was good this dirtbag pled out, but I am FLABBERGASTED, SHOCKED, AMAZED, ETC, ETC of the sentence this idiot judge levied on this guy. He was and is a menace to society. After pleading to over 9 FLEONIES he gets 16 years??? HOGWASH!!!! He should have got that for each felony to run consecutively. He will never be able to repay the costs involved...nor will any insurance company he may have. COME ON JUDGES...WAKE UP!!!!!!

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