Woodbury Man Given 20 Days In Jail For Threatening to Kill Local Restaurant Manager

A 30-year-old Woodbury man was sentenced to 20 days in jail and four years of probation after being convicted on Feb. 10 of a felony county of making terroristic threats. 

Eli Michael Coffey was originally charged with a second felony—pattern of stalking conduct—but Washington County District Court Judge Mary Hannon dismissed that charge in exchange for Coffey's guilty plea.

Hannon also ordered Coffey to abstain from alcohol and drug use, attend a six-month Alcoholics Anonymous program and submit to a mental health evaluation.  

According to a Washington County summons complaint, Coffey threatened to kill a manager and staff member at the old after being kicked out of the restaurant for being too intoxicated. 

The complaint states Woodbury police caught up with Coffey at later that evening to warn him to stay away from T.G.I. Friday's but that the man called the restaurant three times to issue the threats after police left him.

Had he been sentenced to the maximum penalty, Coffey would have spent five years in prison and been forced to pay a $10,000 fine.