<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>Police block rush hour traffic, backing up the freeway for miles, during a two-hour standoff . . . with an empty car.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of Fox 5 News (San Diego, California) at:</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-robbery-suspect-stops-on-highway-20120214,0,6224905.story">http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-robbery-suspect-stops-on-highway-20120214,0,6224905.story</a><div><div> </div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br></div>No one found inside car after standoff<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: medium; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.300781); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.234375); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.234375);"><br></span></font></b></span></font></div><div>SAN DIEGO - A standoff on eastbound Interstate 8 in La Mesa ended without anyone taken into custody.</div><div><br></div><div>Two hours after officers drew their guns on a dark-colored sedan parked on the freeway near Severin Drive, Fox 5's helicopter showed that no one was discovered inside.</div><div><br></div><div>Officers slowly approached the car and smashed several driver-side windows. A canine was seen jumping into the front of the car to discover that the vehicle was empty.</div><div><br></div><div>Officers initially reported that a home invasion robbery suspect refused orders to get out of the car stopped near Severin Drive in La Mesa around 4:40 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>California Highway Patrol was called to assist San Diego Police Department, according to CHP officer Larry Landeros.</div><div><br></div><div>Traffic on the freeway was heavily congested for miles to the west as two lanes on the interstate were closed while police took up positions around the suspect's vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>"Officers are taking precautionary actions to get this all resolved peacefully," Landeros said.</div><div><br></div><div>Details regarding the home invasion robbery were not immediately released.</div><div><br></div><div>Lt. David Rohowits says the suspect was going to be arrested at his parole officers, but the suspect called ahead to the meeting reporting his car broke down on the 8 freeway. Officers rushed on scene, but were unable to arrest the suspect.</div><div><br></div><div>Investigators don’t believe the suspect was tipped off to the arrest, but warn the suspect is considered armed and dangerous.</div><div><br></div><div>Police say they will not release anymore information about the suspect because they are still in an active search for the suspect.</div><div><br></div><img src="cid:1C7B0283-96FC-4034-BAB2-832C5C303D7E" alt="image.jpeg" id="1C7B0283-96FC-4034-BAB2-832C5C303D7E" width="728" height="409" apple-original-width="728" apple-original-height="409"></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">----------------------------</span><br><div><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Post Falls, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>