Arrest made after North Shore mountain biking trails obstructed

Throw the book at her and set an example.

For years cyclists have had to deal with psychos who put obstacles like wire across trails to injure. It's a crime committed by weenies, but a dangerous and potentially lethal act of cowardice and entitlement.

Why would the police fail to identify the scum? Why protect someone who set out to hurt others? Is it an sign of privilege, because she is an older woman, or is this commonplace, to protect the name of criminals charged with a criminal act?

"I don't like what those bad people are doing. I think I'll try to injure or possibly kill them. They deserve it because they aren't conforming to my worldview."

I have to wonder if the offender will turn out to have a diagnosable mental imbalance or if she is simply one of those self-appointed avengers fighting for the cause of good. I haven't done any off-road cycling in ages but us street cyclists encounter this kind of vigilante stuff pretty often, albeit never at this level of pre-planned malice in my experience.

Unless she can get off on an insanity plea I say throw the shitheel in jail.

The mountain bikers and the police are hypocrites. They did NOTHING when the mountain bikers rode and built trails and structures in the woods illegally. The mountain bikers endanger themselves and each other every day. They shouldn't even be on those trails, which were only for hikers.

Hey Mike Vandeman, your criminal record for attacking a mountain biker with a saw makes your opinion exceptionally irrelevant...don't you think?

@ Mike Vandeman

You are really missing the point. Setting traps to deliberately cause bodily harm is what this is about. Bikers vs. hikers, what you think is a dangerous recreational activity, trespassing, whatever else you are referring to, these are completely different issues of a far less serious order.

Here's an analogy: a bunch of skateboarders are leaving skid marks on some park benches. They've been chased off a few times by security and told they're damaging city property and doing something reckless (after all, one could fall and break an arm, right?)

But those bad kids keep coming back, the insolent little brats. So what would you do? String up some wires to make sure someone does get hurt? Would teach 'em a lesson? What if your plan goes a bit too far and someone hits his head and dies? Sorry Mike, we don't get to do stuff like that in this country.

No one is being a hypocrite. The police are merely drawing a distinction between behaviours, only one of which qualifies as a crime.

Bruce Dean:

Charges have not yet been laid.

Mike Vandeman: According to the District of North Vancouver, all but a handful of trails on Mt. Fromme are at least mixed-use if not mountain-bike-primary (or only). Why do you say they're only for hikers when they're clearly not?

ACME:

FYI, if that is him, he lives in California.

While I am disgusted that I person would purposely endanger mountain bikers (even though I believe they are putting a very real stress on our mountains and seem to be allowed to build their own recreational mecca) I an very, very concerned that they now are acting as vigilantes as well. I don't want to think that when I am hiking or enjoying the mountain forest there are cameras watching me. I can't believe that the District of North Van hasn't come out loud and clearly against such behavior. I read in the North Shore News that the District had no comment. Well, come on district - although you are well known as being "bike friendly" to the extreme, even you have to realize there is civil liberty issue here! It is very well known that the bikers have a vey strong lobbying group in the district and Mayor Walton seems to favour them and possibly see them as a strong support group that will deliver a good number of votes. By the way, I believe that Mayor Walton is a biker himself and the past pres. of the Vancouver Cyclist Association