Vandeman Sentenced.

Reposting from MTBR...

"30 days, to be served on the sheriff's work detail (picking up
trash). No actual prison to be served, if the Sheriff takes him. The
program costs some money, too. He also gets credit for having been in
custody for 7 days. Judge said picking up trash was a good plan for a
passionate environmentalist like MV.

Has to stay off the UC trails for 3 years.

DA asked for 270 days.

Judge said that since MV didn't have a record and no one was really
hurt, lighter sentence was appropriate.

Apparently, MV sent a letter to the judge, which the judge returned,
unopened to his defense counsel this morning. Defendants aren't
supposed to send letters about sentencing to the judge without their
counsel's approval, but MV did anyway."