BAYTOWN, Texas – A woman is accused of threatening to murder CenterPoint Energy employees in a series of posts on her X account, according to documents obtained exclusively by the NBC affiliate in Houston, days after more than 2 million people lost power in Hurricane Beryl.
Rogan Brentae Miles, 21, is charged with felony terroristic threat after an investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety revealed she made threats of murder, aggravated assault, and deadly conduct on the employees working in CenterPoint’s corporate headquarters downtown Houston.
She is currently wanted.
Miles, of Baytown, Texas located just east of Houston, allegedly made several posts to an X account on Friday, July 12 appearing to single out CenterPoint CEO Jason Wells.
At 7:44 a.m. on Friday, Miles posted, “Jason, Jason, Jason. Do I have to make an example out of Heather for you to finally grasp that the common fold is tired of your bull****, maybe trauma is what you deserve, an etched in memory of your wife’s skull scattered on the pavement like freshly popped confetti,” according to records.
A few minutes later, she posted, “It won’t be until I actually show up and show some action for y’all to fully grasp how people are feeling. Threats are being made cause action isn’t being taken, I will show you the greatest example of f***ing around and finding out,” records show.
That afternoon, she posted again, ”Action is the greatest reaction, 2 hours, see you soon, Jason,” with a video of a loaded firearm magazine, records show.
She allegedly made several more posts, some with video of a loaded firearm magazine.
“We must shoot up their headquarters on Louisiana st, they’ll finally listen once we’ve reacted loud enough, freedom of speech does nothing, lobotomies do a lot,” records show another one of the posts said.
Some of her posts have since been taken down because they violated the user agreements, according to records.
CenterPoint reported the threats to the Texas Fusion Center, which is described as “a 24/7 unit that works with federal, state, regional, and local law enforcement and serves as the state repository for homeland security information and incident reporting.”
Using an emergency disclosure request, DPS investigators with the Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division were able to get Miles’ contact information from X, formerly known as Twitter.
When investigators contacted her by phone, she allegedly said the posts were made “in the heat of the moment” and admitted that she got the videos of the magazine from another social media platform.
She told investigators she was “not making the best of decisions” but that she didn’t have any firearms in her possession, according to records.
Miles has not responded to a phone call or text message from the NBC affiliate in Houston. She does not appear to have a criminal history in Harris County.
In an X post on Friday evening, DPS warned against making threats online or in-person against power companies.
Texas heat without power can lead to boiling frustrations.
— TxDPS - Southeast Texas Region (@TxDPSSoutheast) July 12, 2024
Our Special Agents remind Texans that making threats online or in-person to power companies or employees can result in serious criminal charges.
Don’t let a temporary problem lead to years of regret! pic.twitter.com/qVyMZP5FIB
CenterPoint shared the following statement with the NBC affiliate in Houston:
“Unfortunately, while conducting our restoration efforts following Hurricane Beryl, we have seen increasing incidents of violence against our crews, at substations, and with our mobile generation crews. This includes reports of a drive-by shooting at one of our staging sites and several crews having guns pulled on them the past two days. Yesterday, someone stopped and began hitting one of our mutual assistance trucks with a pipe. The safety of our employees, contractors, mutual assistance crews and support personnel is our top priority. This conduct is criminal, dangerous to our workers who are away from their own families to turn power on for the rest of us, and counter-productive to us getting the power back on. We continue to reach out to government official and law enforcement for their help – and they are helping – and we ask all our communities and their leaders to help keep safe the men and women who are away from their own families so they can turn the lights and A/C on for everyone else’s families.”