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After a hang-up call to 911 state troopers went to Carl Virgil Miller's home along Main Street in Portage Borough on Feb. 25, 2023, at 3:05 a.m., according to a release by state police on Feb. 27.
As police arrived, 911 dispatchers received a second call from Miller saying, "I called 10 minutes ago; I damn near shot my wife," as stated in court documents.
Officers spotted an arrow hole inside the front door and in a recliner in the living room, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
The 48-year-old Miller later admitted to shooting one of his two crossbows at his wife during an argument because he wanted to "really scare her," as stated in the affidavit.
He has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment, and reckless endangerment, court records show.
He has been held in the Cambria County Prison on $40,000 bail and his preliminary hearing has been set before Magisterial District Judge John Prebish Jr. on March 8 at 1 p.m., according to his latest court docket.
He has previously faced numerous theft and burglary charges from 2004 through 2006 but the results of those cases are not immediately clear in court records.
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