Man in custody for domestic violence later identified as the same suspect who assaulted local attorney

On March 26, I reported on an assault on local attorney, Mr. Delman Smith.

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2025/03/epd-investigating-assault-on-local.html?m=1

I just learned this afternoon that a suspect who was arrested for domestic violence was also identified as the same suspect in the assault on Mr. Smith. It was a man who hung around Mr. Smith's law office.

Thank you to EPD Chief Brian Stephens and EPD PIO for confirming Steven Dernard Miller aka Steven Denard Miller was the suspect arrested. He has two 2025 cases. One is the domestic violence case and the other is the aasault case on Mr. Smith. You can read the complaint and all the charges for both cased, arraignment and OR minutes from court records. He was arraigned on 4/22. At OR bail on 4/24, Judge Lawrence Killoran denied supervised release. With $190,000 total bail for both cases, he is still in custody.  Preliminary hearing is on 5/1.

5/1: Preliminary hearing continued by defense to 6/6 to review discovery and possible resolution. I saw Mr. Smith on the second floor around 11:20 a.m. and introduced myself and expressed how sorry I was about what happened to him. I assume the woman with him was his wife. He was willing to talk to me and gracious but the woman with him was very rude to me and pulled him away. Instead of being grateful that I reported this and all the extra work I put in which I did partly because many people were concerned about Mr. Smith but mostly because it is news and relevant to what I cover daily; she took out her personal issues on me and misdirected her anger on me.