Crime & Safety
MMA'a Jason Mayhem Miller Arrested Again in the 6th Ongoing Case Against Him
Mission Viejo's "Bully Beatdown" host and mixed martial arts fighter is accused of vandalising a tattoo, parlor among other things.

Mission Viejo, CA MMA brawler Jason Mayhem Miller is back in trouble, this time for allegedly spraying graffiti on the wall of a Lake Forest tattoo parlor.
Once again, Miller, 35, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony vandalism. The tattoo parlor is the same one he was charged with vandalising last year by allegedly blowing out the speakers by turning the volume up too high. The latest charge marks the sixth of ongoing cases against Miller. His bail was set at $1 million.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested Miller Tuesday morning driving near his home in Mission Viejo. The latest charges stem from vandalism to a now defunct tattoo parlor at El Toro Road and Muirlands Boulevard, said Lt. Mark Stichter.
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“He was cooperative during his arrest,” said Stichter.
The cooperation marks a change of pace from his last arrest on charges of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest. During that arrest, the host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” was arrested after an “eight-minute struggle” with sheriff’s deputies at his Mission Viejo home last year. The scuffle ended with deputies tasing Miller.
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In March of last year Miller was accused of kicking one officer and spitting at another one when they were called to the White House Restaurant in Laguna Beach because Miller had broken a bottle during a “ruckus” in the eatery.
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On Jan. 23, Miller allegedly “blew out a pair of speakers” by turning up the volume all the way in a tattoo parlor, Garrel said. The damage to the speakers was estimated to be $650, and Miller is charged with misdemeanor vandalism in that case, Garrel said.
Miller got into a standoff with sheriff’s deputies last October, during which he penned a flurry of Twitter posts as it was happening.
Miller was declared a fugitive Sept. 8 of last year when he failed to show up for a hearing in a domestic violence and stalking case, prompting deputies to go to his Mission Viejo home on Oct. 9 of last year with an arrest warrant.
When deputies showed up at his home around 10:30 a.m. that day, he came to the door but ran back inside and refused to come out. Nearly four hours later, SWAT officers placed a device on his door that blew off the locks, prompting Miller to surrender.
Miller faces two counts of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and stalking, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of violating a protective order in that case, according to court records.
Miller had vandalism charges against him dismissed in November 2012, but found himself in trouble with the law again for the domestic violence case in August 2013.
In August 2012, he was charged with breaking at least one picture frame and damaging a propane tank and other items while spray-painting inside Mission Hills Church, causing at least $400 in damage.
The church’s pastor told authorities he found Miller nude except for a cloth wrapped around him and books and CDs scattered around the church, along with broken picture frames and fire extinguisher dust on the first and second floors.
City News Service contributed to this report; Photo: Orange County Sheriff's Department
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