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VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age.
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.
Berkely Crime Alerts
Please contact the UCPD if you have had an incident involving Mike Vandeman. Other victims have been coming forward, and it looks like the case against him is getting stronger.
Case #10-01964, Officer Garlick, "If you have a question about a particular case, you may call the UCPD business line at 510-642-6760 and make your request to Records who will then let you know if that information can be made public."
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"As I rode out from the park on Old Haul rd, I encountered a hiker yelling for help... I approached her, she was separated from a Santa Cruz chapter of the Sierra Club , had pretty much no idea where she was. I directed her towards, and stayed with her til near the Wurr rd parking area, which was where her group of 12 had embarked, and she was headed exactly the opposite direction of. When she reconnected with her group in about 2 miles,she burst out crying, was so relieved to see them. They were most appreciative of my assistance...we spoke briefly on the nature of reconnoitering one's self out of the Redwood forest..how disorienting it truly can be, even when one has a map.... I was sure to add, that it was quite ironic that a fellow on a Bicycle, which has + continues to be many times the target of some Sierra Club slings, rescued one of theirs. This point was not lost on their group, we spoke of the need to build on these strengths. Who knows, maybe a few anti pedalers were moved to a more neutral, possibly even pro pedaler position yesterday".
-- Jim
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