Overview
- The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year-old Beri Vikram allegedly tried to start a fire at Garrod Farms Estate Winery & Stables in Saratoga.
- Staff who confronted him were met with a thrown wine bottle before he fled in a Tesla, according to deputies.
- Authorities report he intentionally rammed two parked cars, sending one over an embankment, then drove his own vehicle off the embankment.
- After refusing to exit the car, he was extracted when deputies used pepperball rounds and pepper spray, then taken to a hospital for evaluation.
- Vikram, a Menlo Park resident and founder of BetterLYF, was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail, and the sheriff’s office says the case remains open, with mental-health speculation unconfirmed by officials.