The man who allegedly brought the University of Wisconsin to a near standstill with a series of threatening telephone calls in September made a brief court appearance Friday on charges of escaping a work-release jail and lying to police during a telephone call from San Diego.
Those charges against Jesse Miller, currently held in the Dane County Jail, do not address the series of threats made to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Sept. 25, in a series of phone calls. Assistant District Attorney Michael Verveer said Friday the UW Police Department has not yet turned over police reports of the incident to the District Attorney’s Office.