MMA fighter ‘Mayhem’ Miller arrested in altercation at restaurant

Jason “Mayhem” Miller, a mixed martial arts fighter with a history of clashing with police, was arrested over the weekend — this time on suspicion of attacking a woman, injuring a security guard and spitting on a police officer at a Costa Mesa restaurant.

“He’d apparently gotten into some kind of argument with a couple of women and was in the process of assaulting them when security [tackled] him to the ground,” police Sgt. Matt Selinske said following the incident early Sunday morning at the Saddle Ranch Chop House..

Security staff handcuffed Miller, but he kept struggling and was trying to stand up when police arrived, Selinske said. As police were taking Miller into custody, he spit on one of the officers, according to Selinske.

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Miller’s face was bleeding, apparently from being tackled, so officers took him to a hospital before he was booked into Orange County Jail on suspicion of assault and battery, assault on a police officer and public intoxication, Selinske said.

He was cited and released, according to jail records.

One of the security guards suffered a sprained wrist during the struggle with Miller, according to police.

Miller, 35, is familiar to police in Orange County, who have arrested him about a half-dozen times in the last few years.

Those incidents included an October 2014 hours-long standoff with police, which Miller live-tweeted after officers arrived at his Mission Viejo home to arrest him in connection with a domestic violence warrant.

jeremiah.dobruck2@latimes.com

Dobruck writes for Times Community News

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