Former Jamaican police officer and dancehall music producer Omar “Milla 9” Miller has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in a fatal home invasion carried out six years ago in California.
Miller, 46, and his co-defendant, 40-year-old Andre Andrews, were sentenced in December by a judge sitting in an Orange County Superior Court in the United States, after both men were convicted of first-degree murder and related charges. The case stemmed from a violent 2019 home invasion in Irvine, California, that left 20-year-old Raymond Alcala dead.
The jury found that Miller fatally shot Alcala inside a Bayleaf Lane home in the Northwood neighborhood during the early morning hours of the break-in. Prosecutors said the residence was linked to a large-scale marijuana operation, though a resident later testified that it was not a “drug house,” explaining that the occupants sold products online and mailed orders.
During the trial, jurors were shown surveillance footage capturing Miller and Andrews, both armed with handguns, entering the home through a side door. The pair immediately attacked a sleeping man, who screamed and fought back before being restrained with duct tape. The victim later broke free and ran for help.
Moments later, two gunshots were heard upstairs. Testimony indicated that Alcala had briefly overpowered one of the intruders before he was shot. He died at the scene. Miller and Andrews fled shortly afterward.
Investigators tied the men to the crime using DNA evidence, neighborhood security footage that captured a rented vehicle, and cellphone location data. Ballistics evidence showed that Miller fired the fatal shots, though both men were held criminally responsible under California’s felony murder rule.
A third defendant, Devon Quinland of Westminster, was tried separately on conspiracy and assault charges. Prosecutors alleged that Quinland recruited Andrews, who then brought Miller into the plot.
Defense attorneys maintained that neither Miller nor Andrews intended to rob or kill anyone, pointing out that cash and marijuana were left behind. Andrews’ attorney, Mark Fredrick, argued that his client acted under duress after receiving violent threats from a drug cartel. Text messages shown in court included warnings such as, “When we find you, we showing you no sympathy.” Defense lawyers also accused investigators of failing to pursue higher-level individuals who allegedly ordered the break-in.
Miller, a former member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, was a known figure in dancehall circles under the name “Milla 9,” producing tracks for artists including Vybz Kartel. That relationship later soured, and in August 2021 Kartel publicly criticized Miller on Instagram, accusing him of celebrating the artiste’s legal troubles and suggesting that Miller would face a harsher fate.
“All you Milla9, weh a tell mon bout Kartel fi stay a prison… now death sentence ya face,” Kartel wrote at the time.
In sentencing both men to life without parole, the court ruled that the killing occurred during the commission of a robbery, triggering California’s felony murder statute.
