Iraq vet gunman held at Los Angeles hospital

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Iraq vet gunman held at Los Angeles hospital
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Dec 16, 2008 9:23:50 EST

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— An Iraq war veteran who waved a gun on a Santa Barbara highway and was repeatedly found outside actor Tom Cruise’s home is on psychiatric hold at a veterans hospital.

A judge on Monday issued a warrant for Edward Van Tassel to be returned to jail when he is released from the hospital in Los Angeles. It was not clear when he would be released.

The judge also reset Van Tassel’s bail at $250,000, up from $50,000.

Van Tassel is charged with several weapons violations stemming from a Nov. 3 episode on Highway 101.

After his arrest, he went to a veterans facility that the judge believed would keep him locked up for evaluation. Instead, Van Tassel left the facility three times this month to deliver a letter to Cruise asking him to help Iraq war veterans.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/ap_HighwayGunman_121608/%2e