Kyle Van Tassel, the Iraq veteran arrested for waving an unloaded pistol on the La Cumbre overpass on November 3, resulting in a massive traffic jam on Highway 101 and a lengthy police standoff, is ...

SANTA BARBARA – A masked man waving an American flag and a revolver on a Highway 101 overpass brought traffic to a halt for more than three hours Monday before he surrendered peacefully to police.

Edward Van Tassel, a 28-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq, first surrendered his handgun to police, officials said. As part of the negotiation, Van Tassel asked authorities for a Barack Obama ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - An Iraq war veteran who waved a gun and an American flag on a Highway 101 overpass and stopped traffic for hours in Santa Barbara last month has been ordered by a judge to stay ...

An Iraq war veteran who waved a gun and an American flag on a Highway 101 overpass and stopped traffic for hours in Santa Barbara last month has been ordered by a judge to stay away from Tom Cruise.