Standoff with RV driver ends
From a Times Staff Writer10:05 AM PDT, September 6, 2007
The driver of a motor home who led police on an hourlong chase through the San Fernando Valley before barricading himself inside the vehicle was taken into custody today, police said.Neither the suspect, identified as David Wayne Rosales, 42, of Northridge, nor police were hurt. The standoff ended at 9:20 a.m. when police fired tear gas into the motor home, LAPD Officer April Harding said.
Police said Rosales had a history of weapons violations and was distraught over a child custody dispute.Shortly after 3 a.m., officers said, they saw Rosales commit several traffic violations near Dronfield Avenue and Weidner Street in Lakeview Terrace. Rosales may have pointed a gun at officers, police said.
Rosales drove around the Valley for more than an hour before parking his vehicle about 4 a.m. near his wife's house on Parthenia and Oso streets in Northridge. About 8 a.m., police broke a window of his RV and handed him a phone. They fired tear gas into the vehicle when talks broke down.
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