11-Hour Standoff In Tustin Ends Peacefully

TUSTIN, Calif. - An Orange County man suspected of ramming a tow truck that was repossessing his car has surrendered peacefully after an 11-hour standoff.

Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says 46-year-old Bernard Veldhuizen walked out of his Tustin home at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and was arrested for felony vandalism.

Amormino says Veldhuizen used a rented U-Haul truck to ram a tow truck that was taking his car and then ran into his house around 2:45 a.m.

During a standoff with a SWAT team, the bare-chested man yelled out a window and threw out a laptop computer.

Amormino says financial problems may have led to the confrontation. He says Veldhuizen was unemployed, was being evicted, and was arrested last month on suspicion of making terrorist threats and brandishing a handgun.

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