Suspect Surrenders After Ramming Repo Man with U-Haul
The man barricaded himself inside his home for more than ten hours.
A man who barricaded himself inside his home yells to authorities during a more than 6-hour standoff in Tustin. (KTLA-TV / August 11, 2010)
TUSTIN -- A man whose car was being repossessed rammed a tow truck with a U-Haul and then barricaded himself inside his home for more than ten hours.
The ordeal began around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday along the 17700 block of Norwood Park Place in an unincorporated part of Tustin and ended when the man surrendered to police at 1:30 p.m.
The shirtless suspect , who had recently lost his job and received an eviction notice, came out of his home early Wednesday morning as a tow truck driver was attempting to repossess his private vehicle, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
The man then rammed a rented U-haul vehicle into the tow truck and barricaded himself inside the home, Amormino said.
The tow truck driver was not injured.
Deputies set up a perimeter and evacuated nearby residents as they attempted to coax the man out of his home.
The bare-chested man, clearly distraught, poked his head out the window yelling and waving at sheriff's special weapons teams. At one point, he tossed a laptop computer onto the lawn and threw other items at a SWAT team robot that rolled toward the window.
"He is extremely upset at several situations," Amormino said.
Officials say the man didn't make any demands during the stand off, but family members and friends who came out to help were unable to convince him to surrender for hours.
He finally walked out of the home, without incident, about 1:30 p.m.
Neighbors say the man, identified as Bernard Veldhuizen, 46, had been arrested days earlier for bandishing a weapon and making threats. He had recently been released from jail.
The ordeal began around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday along the 17700 block of Norwood Park Place in an unincorporated part of Tustin and ended when the man surrendered to police at 1:30 p.m.
The shirtless suspect , who had recently lost his job and received an eviction notice, came out of his home early Wednesday morning as a tow truck driver was attempting to repossess his private vehicle, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
The man then rammed a rented U-haul vehicle into the tow truck and barricaded himself inside the home, Amormino said.
The tow truck driver was not injured.
Deputies set up a perimeter and evacuated nearby residents as they attempted to coax the man out of his home.
The bare-chested man, clearly distraught, poked his head out the window yelling and waving at sheriff's special weapons teams. At one point, he tossed a laptop computer onto the lawn and threw other items at a SWAT team robot that rolled toward the window.
"He is extremely upset at several situations," Amormino said.
Officials say the man didn't make any demands during the stand off, but family members and friends who came out to help were unable to convince him to surrender for hours.
He finally walked out of the home, without incident, about 1:30 p.m.
Neighbors say the man, identified as Bernard Veldhuizen, 46, had been arrested days earlier for bandishing a weapon and making threats. He had recently been released from jail.
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