When Mixed Martial Arts fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller saw police gathering outside his Southern California home on Thursday, he turned to Twitter before surrendering to a SWAT team and being taken into custody.
While barricading himself inside, Miller live tweeted the incident, even encouraging people to come to his home and see for themselves. As the standoff with the Orange County Sheriff's Department unfolded, Miller provided a minute-by-minute account to his Twitter following of more than 20,000.
Miller seems to reference a dispute involving a child in his Twitter rant, saying he wanted to help "raise a young boy" and repeatedly bad mouths the boy's mother. Miller also repeatedly lets followers know that his dog (who has his own Twitter account) was scared during the standoff.
Based on Miller's account and those of others at the scene, the situation appeared to quickly escalate and the SWAT team was called in.
Meanwhile, the Orange County Sheriff's Department had their own version of events playing out on their Twitter stream.
According to a report from the Los Angeles Times citing the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, there are three warrants for Jason Miller’s arrest, for suspicion of domestic violence, criminal contempt, and stalking.
Miller's tweets and those of the OCPD can be seen below.
[View the story "MMA Fighter Mayhem Miller Live-Tweets Standoff With Cops" on Storify]MMA Fighter Mayhem Miller Live-Tweets Standoff With CopsAn MMA fighter live-tweeted his standoff with the police. Mashable collects the tweets.Storified by Mashable· Thu, Oct 09 2014 20:52:20
i need to tell everyone about the absolute waste of resources going on outside of my house right now. i am counting no less than 5 officers.mayhem millerthey also have allocated use of a chopper, which cost approx. 12 Grand an Hour to operate, along with taking time away from REAL emergenciesmayhem millerThey have threatened me with a dog bite and are amassing a great force that includes a spotter in the neighbors yard and an uncharasmaticmanmayhem miller..who continues to remind me that they are here serving a warrant for my arrest. I have not committed any crime, but yet i am forced HERE.mayhem millerFEARING FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY DOG, @GATORHOTDOGDOG. All of this could have been avoided, had the state of California providedmayhem millerMental health services for one single mother immigrant from the Philipines, who I know was well intentioned, but has a mental condition...mayhem millernow i have to pay a debt for her mistakesmayhem millerif you would like to see this drama unfold, please, come to 26262 Avenida Calidad, Mission Viejo, CA 92691.mayhem millerGOD BLESSmayhem millerPER USUAL, THEY HAVE AN ARMY, and i am just memayhem millerjust don't let them shoot memayhem milleri have the proper paper work, at my office in @VaporLabsIrvine, i was due to go to court this morning, but the LFPD chase me all last night.mayhem milleri woke up late, and couldn't leave because there is a highly equipment regiment of wanna be soldiers outside my house reminding me that,mayhem miller"WE WON'T GO AWAY!"mayhem millerALL THIS because I wanted to help raise a young boy into a man, and his mama wenr off her meds, and an ambitious DA thinks mayhem is BAD.mayhem millerMAYHEM IS GOODmayhem millerWE ALL @mayhemmillermayhem millerYEA, SO this is seriousmayhem millerWHAT WAS THAT ADDRESS AGAIN? @mayhemmillermayhem miller#OCSDPIO: Mission Viejo - SWAT callout for a barricaded suspect in 26000 block of Avenida Calidad http://t.co/O6LDyEnLNcOC Sheriff, CAI WISH YOU NO HARM. I respect the Police, but this is overkill, for something that would be settled with one piece of paperwork from OCBAILmayhem miller#OCSDPIO: SWAT UPDATE - Deputies attempted to serve arrest warrant on suspect who is barricaded. No known hostages.OC Sheriff, CAi now see a literal Armored Personal Carrier pulling up. They tryna to murder me. I just want a peaceful solution.mayhem miller#OCSDPIO: SWAT UPDATE - Crisis Negotiators attempting communication with subject inside. http://t.co/Co3LmVqqFgOC Sheriff, CAI did nothing wrong. This is the state of American Justice. I feel you black men. They fear, so they threaten to take our lives. Abhorrent.mayhem millerYou lie. All he has yelled into his squeaky bullhorn is "JASON MILLER, THIS IS THE @OCSD WE HAVE A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST. COME OUTSIDE!!!"mayhem millerCOME ONE COME ALL, JOIN @OCSD AT THE POLICE BLOCK PARTY. SEE MILITARY MIGHT IN SUBURBIA. 26262 AVENIDA CALIDAD, MISSION VIEJO, TANKS, ROBOTSmayhem miller@OCSD FLASHBANGS, BREAK AND RAKE, SNIPERS ON MY NEIGHBORS ROOF, SPOTTERS ON MY FENCE, TERRORIZING the nice old lady across the street. SHAMEmayhem millernow 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@OCSD They threw a phone box threw a plate glass window. Disrespect. I would like to give up, but not with 50 RAMBOS out there. Not cool.mayhem miller