LA police in standoff with man suspected of threatening White House

September 1st, 2009 Police: Standoff at Texas home ends with 3 deadGALVESTON, Texas — Police in Galveston, Texas say three people died in an apparent double-murder suicide after an eight-hour, overnight standoff with authorities. Galveston Police Lt.

August 25th, 2009 Reports: 3 dead after standoff in northeast Tenn.MOORESBURG, Tenn. — Three people are dead following an overnight standoff with police at a barn in rural northeastern Tennessee.

August 17th, 2009 LA police standoff suspect accused of bomb threatLOS ANGELES — A man who staged an hours-long standoff near the West Los Angeles Federal Building has been charged with threatening to blow up the White House. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says 56-year-old Joseph Moshe (MOH'-sheh) of Los Angeles was charged Monday with making a false bomb threat and attempted criminal threats.

August 14th, 2009 LA police lob tear gas into car where man holed upLOS ANGELES — Police have lobbed three rounds of what is believed to be tear gas into a car where a man suspected of making threats against the White House is holed up outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. Video aired on KABC-TV showed armed officers approaching the vehicle, inserting a canister in the rear window then backing away.

August 14th, 2009 Police standoff ends at LA federal buildingLOS ANGELES — A man suspected of making threats against the White House was pulled from his car Thursday after an hours-long standoff in the parking lot of the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. The man had refused to leave his red Volkswagen Beetle and withstood four rounds of chemical agents tossed inside the car after police broke a rear window.

August 14th, 2009 FBI circle man accused of White House threatLOS ANGELES — A man suspected of making threats against the White House led police on a chase Thursday then holed up for hours in a car outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. The building had been locked down since noon, and employees were told to stay inside, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

August 14th, 2009 Smoke seen coming from car in LA standoffLOS ANGELES — Smoke has been seen coming from the windows of a red Volkswagen Beetle, where a man suspected of making threats against the White House has been holed up for hours outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. Police have been trying to communicate with the man who was spotted Thursday morning and led police on a chase through the city's west side to the Federal Building, which has been locked down since noon.

August 13th, 2009 Police standoff in front of Federal Building in LALOS ANGELES — A man suspected of making threats against the White House is in a standoff with authorities outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. Police Sgt. Kevin Lowe says officers pursued the suspect's red Volkswagen through the city's west side and surrounded his car at the building's entrance.

June 22nd, 2009 3 arrested after Texas immigrant standoffMcALLEN, Texas — Armed men who allegedly held 12 suspected illegal immigrants in a Brownsville house for several days while trying to get money from their relatives were arrested Monday after a three-hour standoff with police. Ten men from Mexico and two women from El Salvador were turned over to U.S.

June 16th, 2009 LA police corner suspected burglar in storm drainLOS ANGELES — Traffic on one Los Angeles freeway has gotten more snarled than usual as police, hazardous materials crews and firefighters try to coax a burglary suspect out of hiding in a storm drain. Traffic on southbound Interstate 405 was halted for hours early Tuesday.

May 9th, 2009 NZ police say alleged gunman deadWELLINGTON, New Zealand — A standoff between a well-armed military reservist and dozens of police that shut down part of a New Zealand city for nearly three days ended Saturday when the gunman was found dead in his house. It was not immediately clear what killed Jan Molenaar, who is accused of opening fire on a group of police who came to his house Thursday to look for suspected drugs.

May 9th, 2009 New Zealand police say alleged gunman deadWELLINGTON, New Zealand — A standoff between a well-armed military reservist and dozens of police that shut down part of a New Zealand city for nearly three days ended Saturday when the gunman was found dead in his house. It was not immediately clear what killed Jan Molenaar, who is accused of opening fire on a group of police who came to his house Thursday to look for suspected drugs.

May 9th, 2009 NZ police say standoff ends, gunman found deadWELLINGTON, New Zealand — A standoff between a well-armed military reservist and dozens of police that shut down part of a New Zealand city for nearly three days ended Saturday when the gunman was found dead in his house. It was not immediately clear what killed Jan Molenaar, who is accused of opening fire on a group of police who came to his house Thursday to look for suspected drugs.

May 8th, 2009 New Zealand cops lock down city in gunman standoffWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Volleys of gunfire from a house kept police from retrieving the body of an shot officer early Friday as an hourslong standoff with the suspected gunman continued. The dead officer's body lay beside his police car outside the house where the suspected gunman fired a fusillade of shots from an automatic rifle during a police drug raid early Thursday, Superintendent Sam Hoyle told reporters.

May 8th, 2009 NZ police surround suspected gunman's houseWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Volleys of gunfire from a man holed up in a house kept New Zealand police from retrieving the nearby body of a shot officer as they warned Friday the already hourslong standoff could continue for days. The dead officer's body lay beside his police car outside the house where a suspected gunman fired a fusillade of shots from an automatic rifle during a police drug raid early Thursday, Superintendent Sam Hoyle told reporters.