Bicyclist Arrested for Beating, Badly Injuring Driver in Mill Valley Road Rage Dispute

By Bay City News Service:

A Kentfield bicyclist has been arrested for allegedly violently assaulting and injuring a man over an apparent road rage incident in Mill Valley earlier this month, police said Friday.

The assault happened around 5 p.m. on April 16 near the intersection of East Blithedale Avenue and Camino Alto Avenue, according to police.

Mill Valley police Officer Rob Dehner was in the area of Camino Alto Avenue when he heard the sounds of car horns and people shouting. As he drove toward the noise to investigate, police dispatch began getting multiple 911 calls reporting an assault happening at the intersection of Camino Alto and East Blithedale avenues, according to police.

Police said Dehner arrived on the scene to find many people standing around a man lying in the street with blood on his face and on the ground.

The victim was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and later released.

Investigators learned that a man on a bicycle had gotten into a traffic dispute with the victim, who had been driving his small pickup truck.

The dispute turned violent and the suspect, later identified as 40-year-old Jeffery Smock, started assaulting the driver, police said.

Police located and arrested Smock on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and booked him into Marin County Jail.

Anyone with additional information on this case is asked to call Mill Valley police Detective Sgt. Steven Heisinger at (415) 389-4100. Anonymous tips may be given by calling (415) 721-4547.