Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani 11m11 minutes ago
For all those asking, yes, we're aware of the developing Jason Miller situation. We'll have an update in a bit.
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MMA Fighter Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller Apparently Live-Tweeting Standoff With OCSD
Posted 12:05 PM, October 9, 2014, by Melissa Pamer and Tracy Bloom, Updated at 12:12pm, October 9, 2014
A mixed-martial artist nicknamed “Mayhem” was apparently live-tweeting a standoff with a Sheriff’s Department in MissionViejo on Thursday.
MTV's Jason Mayhem Miller attends ESPN the Magazine's 7th Annual Pre-Draft Party at Espace on April 21, 2010, in New York City. (Credit: Mark Von Holden/Getty Images for ESPN)
MTV’s Jason Mayhem Miller attends ESPN the Magazine’s 7th Annual Pre-Draft Party at Espace on April 21, 2010, in New York City. (Credit: Mark Von Holden/Getty Images for ESPN)
Police were called to the scene at the 26000 block of Avenida Calidad (map) regarding a barricaded suspect around 10:30 a.m., Lt. Jeff Hallock with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
Deputies were trying to serve an arrest warrant for alleged stalking at the home when the situation escalated into a SWAT call, Hallock said.
He identified the man in the home as Jason Miller, and said the individual had routinely been in contact with the Sheriff’s Department in past incidents.
Jason Miller is shown in a 2012 booking photo related to an incident in Mission Viejo.
Jason Miller is shown in a 2012 booking photo related to an incident in Mission Viejo.
Jason “Mayhem” Miller, an MMA fighter, wrote the following from his verified Twitter account at 11:20 a.m.: “If you would like to see this drama unfold, please, come to 26262 Avenida Calidad, Mission Viejo, CA 92691.”
In another tweet, he referred to “wanna be soldiers” and “waste of resources” outside his house.
“Just don’t let them shoot me,” Miller wrote.
“ALL THIS because I wanted to help raise a young boy into a man, and his mama (went) off her meds, and an ambitious DA thinks mayhem is BAD,” Miller tweeted.
Miller was the host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown,” a show in which bullies fought in the ring against MMA-trained fighters for prizes, according to his page on the Internet Movie Database.
He also appeared in filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s documentary series “A Day in the Life,” according to IMdB.
In 2013, He appeared in the NBC competition reality series “American Ninja Warrior.”
Miller was charged in 2012 in connection with the a vandalism incident in which he allegedly broke into a church and caused an estimated $400 worth of damage, according to the Los Angeles Times, which also reported he was discovered sleeping naked on a couch.
About a year later, he was also arrested on suspicion of domestic violence outside his Mission Viejo home in August 2013, according to the Orange County Register.