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Mendocino County Sheriff blames the bench for Benjamin Miller’s release

By Roger Coryell

Crime & Courts Mendocino County Public Safety

A person with short hair and a beard wears a green and black plaid jacket, shown in front and side profile against a plain background.
Benjamin Miller, 48, in a Mendocino County Sheriff's Office booking photo following his Aug. 1, 2026, arrest in Willits, Calif., on suspicion of burglary, theft of a firearm, attempted first-degree burglary and multiple counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. A judge released Miller on his own recognizance six days later, and deputies arrested him again on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, near Laytonville, Calif. (Mendocino County Sheriff's Office via Bay City News)

It took the Mendo-Lake Regional SWAT Team to bring in Benjamin Miller the first time. A deputy had tried to contact him near Redwood Valley on the last day of July, and he fled in an SUV, according to Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office releases. Miller was wanted in several burglary investigations and on a misdemeanor warrant for destroying evidence

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