Mike Vandeman Arrested

If you have spent any time at all on mountain biking forums you probably know the name Mike Vandeman.  On his Web site, Mr. Vandeman lists ‘Fighting Mountain Biking’ as one of his current interests.  Recently he took this a too literally and as a result he’s been charged with assault with a deadly weapon.  Below is the posting on the UC Berkeley Police Dept. Web site.

East-West Fire Trail
June 1, 2010

On Friday, May 28, 2010 UCPD received a report of an assault with a deadly weapon which had occurred around 6 weeks earlier.  The assault occurred on a Sunday on the East-West Fire Trail located in the hills above campus.  The victims, two non-affiliated White males, reported the crime after hearing of similar incidents occurring to bicyclists on the fire trail.  The victims were riding their bicycles westbound on the trail when they encountered the suspect walking in the opposite direction. The suspect was holding a handsaw and cut one of the victims across the chest with the saw.  The victims asked the suspect why he had attacked them.  He told them they should not be riding their bicycles on the trail.  The victims positively identified the suspect from a photograph.  UCPD contacted the suspect who admitted to holding a saw in front of some bicyclists on a trail and contacting one of them with the saw.  The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.  One of the victims suffered minor injuries during the assault.  Additional charges may be filed from similar incidences on the fire trail including one reported in a crime alert on May 6, 2010.

The suspect is described as:

VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age.

Click here for a youtube clip from a Bay Area news station.

A thread discussing ‘Dr.’ Vandeman’s credentials, credibility and his moral character can be found here…