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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 1590545" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>Doctor sentenced to 5 years for hitting brakes, causing 2 cyclists to crash</p><p></p><p>Former ER physician Christopher Thompson was sentenced today to five years in state prison for seriously injuring two bicyclists after he allegedly deliberately slammed on his brakes and caused two bicyclists to crash. The cyclists were seriously injured.</p><p></p><p>A jury in November found Thompson guilty of multiple felonies.</p><p></p><p>Thompson, the owner of a medical documentation company in Woodland Hills, was convicted of hitting the brakes on his Infiniti sedan in front of two bicyclists on July 4, 2008.</p><p></p><p>One cyclist's nose was nearly severed after he flew through Thompson's rear window, while the other separated his shoulder after hitting the pavement, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.</p><p></p><p>Witnesses testified Thompson had a history of run-ins with other cyclists.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/01/08/10284/doctor-sentenced-5-years-hitting-brakes-causing-2-/" target="_blank">http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/01/08/10284/doctor-sentenced-5-years-hitting-brakes-causing-2-/</a></p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>L.A. road rage doctor gets five years</p><p></p><p>The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, was sentenced to five years in prison at the close of a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday morning.</p><p></p><p>Photos of Thompson's car may have helped convince the jury.</p><p></p><p>Sixty-year-old Christopher Thomas Thompson, found guilty of six felonies and a misdemeanor, has been in custody since his conviction in November. Following an emotional two-hour hearing Superior Court Judge Scott T. Millington sentenced Thompson to two years on the charge of assaulting cyclists Ron Peterson and Christian Stoehr with a deadly weapon and added a three-year enhancement because Peterson suffered serious bodily harm. The remaining lesser charges also carry prison time, but those sentences will be served concurrently with Thompsons five-year sentence. The judge also ordered that Thompson be stripped of his drivers license for life.</p><p></p><p>Prosecutors had asked that Thompson be sentenced to eight years for crimes mostly relating to a July 4, 2008 incident in which he abruptly stopped his car in front of the two riders descending Mandeville Canyon road, near Los Angeles. Thompson was also convicted of misdemeanor charges relating to a similar incident that occurred months earlier, but did not result in injuries.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/01/news/l-a-road-rage-doctor-gets-five-years_102274" target="_blank">http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/01/news/l-a-road-rage-doctor-gets-five-years_102274</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 1590545, member: 7629"] Doctor sentenced to 5 years for hitting brakes, causing 2 cyclists to crash Former ER physician Christopher Thompson was sentenced today to five years in state prison for seriously injuring two bicyclists after he allegedly deliberately slammed on his brakes and caused two bicyclists to crash. The cyclists were seriously injured. A jury in November found Thompson guilty of multiple felonies. Thompson, the owner of a medical documentation company in Woodland Hills, was convicted of hitting the brakes on his Infiniti sedan in front of two bicyclists on July 4, 2008. One cyclist's nose was nearly severed after he flew through Thompson's rear window, while the other separated his shoulder after hitting the pavement, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Witnesses testified Thompson had a history of run-ins with other cyclists. [url]http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/01/08/10284/doctor-sentenced-5-years-hitting-brakes-causing-2-/[/url] ----------------------------------------------- L.A. road rage doctor gets five years The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, was sentenced to five years in prison at the close of a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday morning. Photos of Thompson's car may have helped convince the jury. Sixty-year-old Christopher Thomas Thompson, found guilty of six felonies and a misdemeanor, has been in custody since his conviction in November. Following an emotional two-hour hearing Superior Court Judge Scott T. Millington sentenced Thompson to two years on the charge of assaulting cyclists Ron Peterson and Christian Stoehr with a deadly weapon and added a three-year enhancement because Peterson suffered serious bodily harm. The remaining lesser charges also carry prison time, but those sentences will be served concurrently with Thompsons five-year sentence. The judge also ordered that Thompson be stripped of his drivers license for life. Prosecutors had asked that Thompson be sentenced to eight years for crimes mostly relating to a July 4, 2008 incident in which he abruptly stopped his car in front of the two riders descending Mandeville Canyon road, near Los Angeles. Thompson was also convicted of misdemeanor charges relating to a similar incident that occurred months earlier, but did not result in injuries. [url]http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/01/news/l-a-road-rage-doctor-gets-five-years_102274[/url] [/QUOTE]
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