Justine Bradley Miller, 35, of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced by visiting Judge Charles Hamlyn in the 28th Circuit Court in Wexford County on April 30 to 17-30 years’ incarceration for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Miller pled guilty in January to one count of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, one count of Child Sexually Abusive Activity, and one count of Third-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.

In the fall of 2016, Miller began sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in Wexford County and exchanged with her sexually explicit pictures and videos. This case was investigated in 2017 and 2025 by the Cadillac Police Department and the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit. Miller was charged by the Wexford County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in October 2017, but the case remained in warrant status until Miller was arrested in Kentucky in January 2025 as part of Operation Survivor Justice and extradited to Cadillac. The Operation is a partnership between the Michigan Department of Attorney General, local county prosecutors, and the U.S. Marshals Service to locate, apprehend, and return to Michigan fugitive offenders with outstanding sexual assault warrants.

“After 10 years, I hope this sentence brings the survivor in this case the closure she deserves,” said Attorney General Nessel. “Victims should not have to wait this long for justice, and my office remains committed to working with our Operation Survivor Justice partners to ensure offenders are held accountable.”

The victim in this matter provided to the Court a victim impact statement yesterday that read, in part, “Today I find freedom in having the chance to speak my truth after 10 years of living with what happened to me... I will be loud in my recovery from here on out. I will be loud about your name and what you did to me. People will hear your name and know… I will always know where you are from now on. You will have to register what you are, and everyone will know.

“I have come so far.  I am not the same girl you knew, and most importantly, I became someone who would have protected a child like me... I forgive you for what you did to me, but don’t mistake that for leniency, because if the day comes that another girl speaks out about you, I will be right next to her helping her voice be heard, proving your pattern of abuse, and you will see my face in another courtroom.”

Upon release from prison, Miller will be subject to lifetime electronic monitoring and lifetime sex offender registration.

_{Release courtesy of Michigan Department of Attorney General.}