Comments on: Hit-and-Run Rampage Suspect Arrested After Reporting Vehicle Carjacked

By: mikesonn

mikesonn — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:43:37 +0000

I’ve seen Volker’s comment up for two days now, and I have to say that the fact he is a white male has nothing to do with this case. Would Volker have made the same comment if it was a female or someone of color? Why drag that issue into this? The guy obviously has issues that transcend race, sex, etc.

I do agree that if you mess up in a vehicle, the easiest thing to do is to run away and claim it was stolen, but come on, it has nothing to do with the fact the accused is a white male.

By: Constance

Constance — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:50:38 +0000

I just heard he hails from New York and only been out here a few months?

By: Constance

Constance — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:18:22 +0000

Google “Share International” which is a group he is involved with. I met him when I was checking them out. Beside being a tennis pro, I heard he was a massage therapist.
On the surface of all that, you would “think” he is a peaceable person… so there is
way more to this story which we may never know.

I can’t say I know him anymore than being introduced on maybe 3 occasions. As I am not part of that group, I have not ever interacted beyond a “howdy do”.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:31:52 +0000

Generally when the media doesn’t release the most disheveled mugshot photo they can get their hands on, it means he might have family connections and hence a good lawyer.

I don’t mean to pry, but do you know anything about his background (speculative or otherwise)?

By: Constance

Constance — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:13:11 +0000

Thanks Nick.

Yes, that is the fellow that I met. Creepy.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:02:06 +0000

Picture here.

http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleView/tabid/298/smid/1126/ArticleID/6182/reftab/64/t/Bicycle%20Assaults%20Suspect%20to%20Face%20Eleven%20Felony%20Charges/Default.aspx

By: Constance

Constance — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:34:08 +0000

If the car was indeed carjacked, why did it take him more than two days to go to the police to report the theft?

By: sjbrown

sjbrown — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:18:04 +0000

So his wallet was on the passenger seat. I don’t see how that gives us any information. Either he put it there when he got into the car or when he got out. If carjacked, it stands to reason that he was instructed to leave it, or that he panicked and forgot it.

By: Constance

Constance — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:56:31 +0000

This case is driving me crazy as it seems that none of the news stations (other than KRON 4) are showing this guy’s picture. It all seems so hush-hush, which does lead me to believe he has an awfully good lawyer. The freaky thing for me is that I think I have met this guy a few times thru mutual friends. And if it is indeed the same guy, his background makes the story even more bizzare.

By: Moley

Moley — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:55:37 +0000

Greasy

Not all carjackings are for theft of the vehicle or its contents. Some are just for the purpose of a ride.

So if someone alleges their vehicle was stolen, or that they were carjacked, the fact that some of their in-car possessions were not removed by the jacker does not constitute a refutation of that allegation, from a legal point of view.

You’d better hope the DA has better evidence than that. Presumptions don’t make criminal cases.

By: the greasybear

the greasybear — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:44:02 +0000

What if he were really carjacked, you ask? Then he wouldn’t have left his wallet and iPhone on the front passenger seat, that’s what.

By: sjbrown

sjbrown — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:37:03 +0000

Or what if he was carjacked?

Just sayin’.

By: Michael Baehr

Michael Baehr — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:24:39 +0000

Interesting that the Chronicle is now reporting that he may have been an “avid cyclist” himself.

Going back to my “off his meds” hypothesis.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:28:12 +0000

Has anybody tried to find him on facebook? Everyone and their Mom is on there… a little digging, it shouldn’t be hard if he’s there under his name and Albany location. Just a thought. I hate what is happening to cyclists!! Oakland just lost Erik Fitzpatrick and Pete!!!

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:57:17 +0000

The only way to make sure that every single thing that can be done under the law is to constantly keep the pressure on to make it happen. No one has died in this case, so the legal system’s propensity to downplay the situation will be in full swing. There need to be letters to editors, emails to DA’s, cyclists in the court for proceedings… otherwise, this will die with a slap on the wrist.

By: Michael Baehr

Michael Baehr — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:31:04 +0000

OK, so now we have a name, but no mugshot.

How are we supposed to have a Two Minutes’ Hate without seeing your face, David Mark Clark?

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:23:31 +0000

Yeah I’m curious about why no photo of the suspect was released either. Perhaps it had something to do with the manner of the investigation…but you would think you would want to find the guy asap and a public photo would have made it harder for him to stay on the run.

Will be curious about his MO. District 5 diary reader?

By: djconnel

djconnel — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:08:13 +0000

Nice, so they arrested the guy. But he walked into the freakin’ police station and identified himself, providing the license number on his vehicle! That’s even more obvious than holding up a Starbucks.

In this case, it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to recognize there is evidence in the car to who was last driving it.

By: cyclotronic

cyclotronic — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:06:59 +0000

there is alot of bs in this case. they had the car, they had the wallet. suspect AT LARGE. no photo, no name, no excuse. what if he went on a gun rampage? We’d know his effen name, that’s for sure. what if he skipped the state, the country? or did more harm? looking forward to the excuses.

By: Moley

Moley — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:37:10 +0000

Volker

The problem is that the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove he was driving. The fact that it was his vehicle isn’t sufficient.

So if there were no witnesses, (and he gets a good lawyer) then he could walk.

It’s the same deal with those red-light camera tickets and speed camera tickets. You can make a decent fist of ducking those tickets by claiming that (for whatever reason) you weren’t driving. Even if you loaned the vehicle to someone, there is no obligation to incriminate them.

So those camera’s have to get a clear face shot in the image, which they often don’t. No face pic – the perp walks.

And of course in this case, there are probably no camera’s so it will come down to eye witnesses.

Having said all that, this guy is clearly a whack job and unlikely to be able to afford or mount a good defense.