Ex-Doc Found Guilty of Assaulting Cyclists

By OLSEN EBRIGHT

Updated 5:05 PM PST, Mon, Nov 2, 2009

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An emergency room doctor has been found guilty of deliberately slamming on his brakes, sending two cyclists into the back of his car.

Christopher Thomas Thompson, 60, was found guilty Monday on two counts of reckless driving, two counts of battery, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of mayhem.

Christian Stoehr and Ron Peterson were injured in the July 2008 collision.

Peterson testified that Thompson drove past the cyclists on a narrow stretch of Mandeville Canyon Road in Brentwood, honked his horn and yelled at them to "ride single-file."

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Peterson testified that he yelled an expletive at Thompson.

That's when Thompson swerved in front of the bikers and hit the brakes, Peterson testified.

Thompson could face 10 years in prison.

First Published: Nov 2, 2009 3:50 PM PST

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He had to have seen hundreds if not thousands of people who had just suffered serious injuries in his career, and yet he deliberately injured these two defenseless cyclists (and then did nothing to help them according to previous reports)."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"390259_68750672","adminTags":null,"views":1205,"createdBy":14039257,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Ex-Doc Guilty of Brake-Checking Cyclists","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2627398,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 06:25:57 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":5,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"cyclecat","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1171267","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Most of us who ride on a regular basis have faced idiots like Dr. Thompson. I'm losing track of the number of drivers who have passed me on the left and made a right turn in front of me or who have deliberately made left turns in front of me, forcing me to brake hard so as not to cause a collision. They should throw the book at the bad doctor!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"390259_68750672","adminTags":null,"views":1205,"createdBy":10009552,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Ex-Doc Guilty of Brake-Checking Cyclists","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2627398,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"3 Nov 2009 08:25:56 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":5,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"mizzzjulie","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1171448","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I'm so glad that this doctor was convicted! I've been following the story since it happened because my father is an avid cyclist. This could've been him or any of his cyclist friends who got hurt by this crazy man who, in a fit of anger, used his car as a weapon. It's incredible to me that this man once took an oath that he would protect human life, even outside of the doctor's office but I guess road rage doesn't care what you do at your day job. It's nice to see that this doctor is being held responsible for his horrible actions against those innocent cyclists who didn't deserve to be threatened, let alone injured. I say good job on the part of the prosecutors! I'm glad to know someone like this will hopefully be locked up and have his driver's license taken away. I do hope that if the doctor ends up in prison or jail, that he isn't assaulted himself but that just goes to show that when you perpetrate violence against others, no good comes of it."}],"error":"","totPages":5}