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Injured Motorcyclist -- They Said They'd "Lynch Me"
http://www.foxreno.com/news/9232546/detail.html

LOS GATOS -- An injured motorcyclist -- who spent five days in a coma -- said Thursday that one of his accused assailants threaten to "lynch" him prior to stringing a rope across a roadway leading to his crash.

Robert Barnes told KTVU that suspect Edward Anderson told that "we'll lynch" you just hours before he was injured by roadside rope cloths-line ambush last Saturday.

"I never had any problem with them other than little road dispute things," Barnes said of his neighbors charged in the case. "I've lived up here for six years. It’s a private road (where the attack took place), but dual sports and everyone rides through here."

Barnes said his dirt bike was stolen the day he was released from the hospital. The attack and the theft have Barnes shaken. "I'm a little concerned about my safety," he said. "If they can do something like that what else can they do?"

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday the arrest of three middle-aged Los Gatos residents for allegedly putting Barnes in a coma by clothes-lining him with a rope strung across the roadway.

Donald Bryant, 62, Donna Olsen, 46, and Anderson, 48, were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the May 6 incident that put the motorcyclist in a coma for five days.

Barnes also received more than 500 stitches, had his jaw rebuilt, his lip surgically reattached and had several titanium plates inserted in his face.

The three suspects all live in the rural Loma Chiquita Road area where the alleged assault took place and authorities believe they may have gotten sick of motorcyclists driving through their neighborhood and decided to take matters into their own hands.

"There's been some complaints about dirt being kicked up," by dirt bike riders in the area, sheriff's office spokesman Deputy Serg Palanov said.

The suspects' actions could have had deadly consequences, according to Palanov.

"A few inches lower and it would have killed (the motorcyclist)," Palanov said.

The three suspects are currently being held without bail in Santa Clara County Jail.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Detective Dean Baker at (408) 808-4500.

String the Ba$tards up in the town square!!!

Na, since they were creative with thier piece of rope, we owe them the same. Now we take them and get all thier privates pierced. Put some hoops in the holes, tie some rope to the hoops, then to the back of the truck and hit the gas till you got nothing but nuts and nips.

WOW!!!!

WOW!!!!

I didn't see a motive in that story. Do you know why they did it?

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My dad told me that back in Nam they used to weld a pipe to the front bumper of the Jeeps with some teeth on it to catch/cut those kind of wires.

I wasn't going to comment here, but I've changed my mind, and I'm wondering if I'll regret it. Some of you may not like what I'm going to say, but...here goes. Firstly, let me be absolutely clear on one thing...I DO NOT condone what these people did! But I can relate to people getting sick and tired of dirt bikes tear-assing up and down roads, and the noise associated with it. I HATE dirt bikes, (and quads make me puke too) and my experiences with the people who ride around on these has NOT been good. A number of familes here in town have bought their kids dirt bikes and quads...and some of the adults have them too! The parents are too farking lazy to take their kids to a track and so they rip around the streets, or the fields just across the road on the outskirts of town. It's dangerous and annoying! One night at midnight some punk kid having a party (400 attendees and lots of booze!) decided at midnight to rip around the town...with no lights on either! After about the 3rd trip around, I got myself a brick, and if he had passed by again, I WOULD have knocked him off that bike with it! I know of instances where people on quads have beat up a farmer for telling them to get off his land! These are off-road vehicles and belong off the GD road, and far enough away from populated areas so that others do not have to listen to them. I've gotten p!ssed off a few times and I think people are getting the idea that you need to keep these things off the streets and show some respect. Personally, I think there should be laws that prohibit these bloody machines from being operated within a km of any dwellings. And don't even get me started on the farking rednecks who have to get drunk and ride these things around!

my 2p, like it or not.

You're right. I don't like it.

I have the same problem with ATVs running up and down my street. Worse, sometimes they run down the easement behind my house, although not recently. It pisses me off. Last Monday or Tuesday evening I came home from work to find my neighbor across the steet sitting on the hood of his car, drinking and watching a jaggoff run his ATV up and down the street pulling wheelies and such. I'm on the end of the street and the cross street is dirt. The rider's preferred way of turning around was wheelspin, whipping the ATV around quickly and stirring up a ton of dust. Other than calling the Sheriff, I don't think there's much I can do (which probably wouldn't do any good either - there's a Sheriff living at the other end of my street).

Still, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES does this warrant ATTEMPTED MURDER. Stringing rope or wire across a known bike/atv path is nothing short of attempted murder. Plain and simple.

I bet theres a lot of narrow minded people that cant stand that damn loud triumph going by there house either, but iwould hate to think that would give them the right to closeline me or throw a brick at me , or you, for that matter. I live in a rural area and theres not much for kids to do here, my kids ride my 4 wheeler but I make them obey the laws and they have both taken an atv riding-safety course, Ive never had a problem or complaint about them.

FJ, what part of "I DO NOT condone this act", don't you understand??? This kind of stuff p!sses me off, but I don't clothesline the people, nor do I condone others doing it. However, the people who ride these machines DO have to develop some respect and sensitivities to residents.

Let me say it one more time!!! I DO NOT condone that kind of action!!! I DO NOT agree with it! Is it clear now???

Stone, far as I'm concerned, anybody who wakes my kid at midnight riding a loud dirt bike repeatedly around the town without lights while DRUNK is asking to get bricked...you bear in mind, my friend, that I live in town without any police dept., and repsonse time would be minimum 30 minutes IF I was lucky and they responded at all! Let me also tell you this...when the cops did show up that night, and I told him I had a brick, he shook his head and laughed...btw, charges were never laid in this incident.

When I ride my Triumph in residential neighbourhoods, I ride respectfully cuz I know people live there...also, I do not ride up and down repeatedly...

you say you have had your kids take an ATV safety course and you make them obey the laws...well, there ya go...do I have a problem with that...no, I don't...that sounds like responsible parenting to me...but it's my feeling that you're in the minority...and if kids don't have anything to do how's about parents play some football with them, go fly a kite, take them fishing? seems to me there's lots for kids to do if parents will spend some time with them...I do...

Unless someone harms you and not just acts disrespectful then you cant throw a brick at them. Im all for protecting yourself but try to kill someone for making noise, come on. Even if it wasnt intentional youve gotta know you could kill them! If you would have hit someone with that brick I really doubt the cop would have showed up and laughed. I dont care how noisy my kid was. if he hadent hurt someone,and someone hit him with a brick there would be nowhere to hide for the perpetrator. I guess you think it was ok for these people that this thread was about to clothesline this guy? Hey he must have been disrespectful driving his motorcycle on the street, maybe kicked up a little dust,Iknow lets put him in the hospital, and with a little luck he will be crippled and never bother anyone again on that dang motorcycle, cuz come on , whod wait 30 minutes for police to show up.

Stone, you're exaggerating...I wasn't trying to kill him, just knock him off the bike...his "too much money, too little time" mother was at home, too...she let him have his little party (as I said 400 attendees, lots of booze, drugs, and eventually 4 police vehicles patrolling...but not laying any charges!) and no doubt she knew about the bike ride too...because the cop didn't see him, he considered there was "reasonable doubt" about his ID so no charges were laid for that either! the cop did go talk to them, and warned that someone might have gotten hurt...there's never been a repeat of that night...so, I consider my methods justified and effective...and as it turned out, no one got hurt...fortunately. I don't want to hurt people...but I'm damn sick and tired of putting up with other peoples sh!t...last year a 30 year old woman was T-boned in her car by a couple of badass punks from around here...15 years old and their mother gives them the car to drive themselves to work cuz she's too farking lazy to do it herself! They race this woman to the intersection and don't make it...she dies pinned in the car while the EMT's are trying to get her out with the Jaws...the result? she's dead, her husband is a mental wreck, the punks get off, move away, go to a different school and get on with their lives...no charges laid against mother or punks! I have zero tolerance for these types of people...15-16 years old is old enough to be responsible for your actions. You know what? If I HAD knocked that kid off his bike, potentially I could've been doing him a favour! He damn well could've killed his own stupid self, or someone else!

And I'll say it ONE MORE TIME! I DO NOT condone the clothesline incident!!! THAT is far, far and away beyond any action necessary. You compare it to the brick, if you want...but, it's not even close.

I'm also sick of sanctimonious, self-righteous parents who let their kids get away with murder (literally sometimes) and then can't understand the consequences. And I've had it up to here with adults who figure they can do whatever the hell they want, regardless of who it inconveniences or potentially threatens, and then can't understand that there may be consequences.

Old Wolf, make sure the brick can't be traced back to you. Maybe make some spike strips like the police use to flatten the tires of fleeing dirtbags.

I really wasnt exagerating, if you knock someone off a moving motorcycle with a brick, they could very easily break there neck, LOOK im not defending any punks actions, everyone has there share of punks, and I get just as pi$$ed as the next guy, and as much as i would like to do it vigilante style, you cant hurt someone for driving up and down the street. If hes trying to run you over, sure, if hes putting your family in danger, definitely. But if hes keeping you awake, well thats something else, Kids are wild when they are teenagers, always have been, always will be. Think back, you never did anything alittle wild when your brain hadn't caught up with your testosterone yet? If every punk were hit up side the head with a brick then about 3/4 of young men would walk around braindead.

bigbill, funny you should mention spike strips! last Saturday night, probably about 3 A.M. I figure, some a$$holes drove over my lawn and spun their tires when leaving...I live on a corner lot and I think they were probably drunk and ripping around town and just decided to cut the corner a bit across my lawn. I was sleeping...had a bit of a head cold and had taken some cold medication...didn't hear a thing...anyway, I thought I'd call it in so it was documented in case I was ever lucky enough to catch the jerks...maybe the judge would go easy on me...I told the cop I was going to put a spike belt across my lawn next weekend...apparently I can't do that...I'm not allowed to "booby-trap" my property...you see, maybe someone could get hurt...WTF?

LOL...I'm sure there were parents who would've liked to knock me with a brick, or just give me a slap or 2 upside the head...maybe would've done me some good...the only thing worse than having no parents was having mine...I was told to get out and join the army or get a job (he didn't care which) because the law said he didn't have to keep me after 16...this was on my 16th Bday...and my Mom, who was long gone, didn't want me to interfere with her men...so, yeah, I went a little wild...harmful mostly to myself, though...maybe if some adult HAD given me a thrashing, it might have smartened me up...

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I wasn't trying to kill him, just knock him off the bike...

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Just remember, what you TRY to do and what you END UP doing are often two different things.

That being said, I couldn't agree more with your feelings and frustration towards the situation. Nothing annoys me more than people who are completely inconsiderate towards others like that.

When I was a kid, we used to ride our dirt bikes on the old
horse trails that run along the Merrit Parkway(rt 15) from
New Canaan to Stamford,CT. Some homeowner who didn't
like us riding the trails strung fishing line across from tree
to tree. I was in the lead, and saw the line as the sun
glistened off it, it was right at neck level. We stopped
and cut down the line. Then we set the guy's woodpile,
and backyard on fire, and rode off.

He didn't try to "clothesline" us again.

What goes around, comes around.
Charlie

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What goes around, comes around.

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I tend to agree. One other thing I meant to include above is that you have to be carefull with the type of person that is that incosiderate. If they think it's ok to be causing a rukus, then when you try to fight back, they consider it an attack, not a retaliation, and they will most likely fight fire with way more fire...

I first response was somewhat alcohol induced. You folks got some good blend up north. Anyway my response stays the same, I think stringing a lynch line for anything is like sitting in the bushes and shooting someone in the back. I agree the off roaders can be annoying but not to the point of killing them. If party 1 has a problem with party 2, tell them, if there is still a problem, solve it face to face.

Now you got me thinking, I live on a farm surrounded by farms, lots of open space and not many people. Less people less problems. My approach works here, but I doubt I'd fare well in a more populated area.

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Approaching a person one-on-one very often doesn't work...just causes more problems when they become aggressive about your complaint...

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You hit the nail on the head. And it''s usually THOSE type of people that are causing the problems in the first place that will cause more problems if you try to do it nicely...

Real smart. You can't punish people like that enough. If they had a problem with bikes they should have involved the sheriff's department. Nearly taking a guys head off is attempted murder as far as I'm concerned. Evne if he wasn't riding a Triumph.

OW,
I had to laugh when you threatened to "Bobby Trap" your lawn. I had the same experience years ago when in Nebraska on recruiting duty. I lived on a corner lot and had a fairly good sized corner which one little pre-ick decided he would be funny and cut across my lawn "CONTINUOSLY"! So I decided to bury some axles out of some of my old cars, actually I drove them in the ground about 3' and turd boy hit three of them and proceeded to put a hole in his oil pan, tranny pan, and well as dislodge his rear axle.

See the problem was I could never catch him "In the Act" as the cops put it and even though the tracks let straight to his house I had no recourse. So this time the oil laid the path for me. His daddy couldn't get him out of this one. When questioned about the axles I stated I had them in the ground to hold my animal while aways from the house. Don't know what it cost him but he didn't drive through my yard again!!

Trumpy

I would re-landscape my front yard placing very, very large "decorative" boulders in an attractive arrangement on or near the corner of the yard.

Don't get me started.....I have a battle over this with the local (Paulding county, GA) sheriff's department over this as well.....A guy 2 houses down had a super modified 4 wheeler that he would come out of our cul-de-sac on the rear wheels. I have 2 kids and 4 animals, so asked the sheriff to come over and have a talk with him. When they finally arrived (by calling 911 and hanging up), he asked me "well what exactly do you want me to do?" To wit I replied "whatever you have to do to keep from coming back out here and scraping my dead little girls body off the road"....said there was nothing he could do, and left....then they pull my son over on his Yahama 200 and scolds him for riding on the same street! Well, Friday, a sheriff's cruiser was coming out of the cul-de-sac (rare) at about 45 mph, I motioned for him to "slow down" for the kids, he turned around and came back and asked me "what were you saying", I was asking you to "slow down", well let me tell ya, I really hurt his feelings, He asked me if I had been to "speed detection" school, I told him No, but had been living here long enough to tell when someone is speeding. He (and most the others) are simply ego boosted "punks" IMHO, and have no respect for any of them....

Man, you like to live dangerously. Poking and prodding an ego boosted punk... with a gun. That's about the time you encounter one who thinks you're in "contempt of cop" and questioning his authority.