MMA fighter "Mayhem" Miller live-tweets SWAT stand-off
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. - Mixed martial arts fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller has surrendered after live-tweeting a stand-off with Orange County Sheriff's deputies attempting to serve him with an arrest warrant for domestic violence and stalking, reports CBS Los Angeles.
At 12:11 p.m. on the West coast, Miller tweeted: "I WISH YOU NO HARM. I respect the Police, but this is overkill, for something that would be settled with one piece of paperwork."
now the broke my window with some box with a phone in it, and AR-15s. THEY ARE TERRIFIED, and they have all the guns. Scaring my hotdog.
— mayhem miller (@mayhemmiller) October 9, 2014Miller even tweeted his address, telling followers they could come "see this drama unfold."
The sheriff's department is also documenting the apparent stand-off incident on Twitter. At about noon, they tweeted: "SWAT UPDATE - Deputies attempted to serve arrest warrant on suspect who is barricaded. No known hostages."
#OCSDPIO: SWAT UPDATE - Crisis Negotiators attempting communication with subject inside. pic.twitter.com/Co3LmVqqFg
— OC Sheriff, CA (@OCSD) October 9, 2014According to the station, Miller, 33, was arrested in Aug. 2012 after he allegedly burglarized a Mission Viejo church and set off the building's fire extinguishers.