Mike was a deputy employed by the Collinsport Sheriff’s department. He answered directly to Sheriff George Patterson. In June of 1970, Mike and his partner, Alex had been turning off the road leading towards the Collinwood estate when they witnessed the vampire Carolyn Stoddard appear wraith-like in the middle of the road. Mike and Alex radioed the spectacle to Sheriff Patterson just as their squad car veered off the street, slamming into a tree on the front lawn. Alex was in a mild state of shock, while Mike suffered a broken leg.