Arrested MMA fighter ‘Mayhem’ Miller wielded tile, fire extinguisher, authorities say

Mixed martial arts fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller was arrested Friday after throwing a tile at deputies and threatening them with a fire extinguisher during an eight-minute struggle, authorities said.

Deputies deployed a Taser during the arrest, which was the fighter’s second in about seven months on suspicion of assaulting an officer.

Deputies went to Miller’s home on Avenida Calidad about 1:34 a.m. after receiving reports of a disturbance, said Lt. Jeff Hallock, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies heard a woman’s screams inside the home, he said.

As deputies entered through a side yard, they were confronted by Miller, who became aggressive and yelled, authorities said.

That’s when Miller threw a ceramic tile at them, while also wielding a fire extinguisher and metal pole, authorities said. Miller ignored the deputies commands, so they used a Taser on him. Eventually, Miller was handcuffed and taken into custody.

Miller was involved in a dispute with two women in his home, authorities said. The women did not cooperate with deputies, Hallock said.

Miller was taken into custody on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, Hallock said.

This is Miller’s second arrest in a little more than seven months on suspicion of assaulting an officer.

He was charged in March with resisting an officer by using violence, battery on the officers and resisting arrest and obstructing in connection with a fight in Laguna Beach.

Laguna Beach police said Miller broke a glass at the White House restaurant in the 300 block of South Coast Highway, walked out and headed south on the highway on foot. He then turned around and walked back toward the restaurant, where he was confronted by four Laguna Beach officers.

Miller began to fight with the officers, according to the police. Four officers grappled with Miller as he kicked and spat at them before they were able to put him in a police cruiser, police said.

Miller kicked at the police cruiser’s windows on the way to jail, police said.

But that wasn’t Miller’s first brush with law enforcement.

In October 2014, Miller live-tweeted his standoff with police while barricaded inside his home.

Orange County sheriff’s deputies went to the home to arrest Miller on warrants in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident, stalking and a court-order violation.

But he ran into his home and refused to come out, authorities said.

The MMA fighter tweeted the standoff and told followers, “If you would like to see this drama unfold, please come” to the address.

Hours later, SWAT members broke through the front door. Miller ran out the back door but then surrendered.

In 2012, Miller was taken into custody after deputies found him sleeping naked on a couch in an Orange County church that had been burglarized and vandalized.

At the time, police said, “When they asked him his name, he kept saying, ‘Mayhem, Mayhem.’ They didn’t know who he was — they thought he was being uncooperative.”

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