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By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The Olympian reports a 45-year-old man never before in trouble with the law was sentenced yesterday to three months in jail for felony harassment after he told someone in January he wanted to kill a Thurston County sheriff’s deputy.

Michael Kruegel was under the mistaken impression the deputy fatally shot 26-year-old Keith Miles while Miles was in handcuffs, back in November 2012 in Littlerock, according to news reporter Jeremy Pawloski.

Pawloski writes Kruegel has been locked up awaiting trial since his arrest and is expected to be released from jail on Sunday since the judge gave him credit for time served.

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