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Man surrenders to end standoff on Calif. highway

Associated Press

CALIFORNIA — The California Highway Patrol says a man who held his wife and three children hostage on a freeway has surrendered.

Interstate 80, the main northern artery linking California and Nevada, reopened late Wednesday night after an eight-hour standoff.

The CHP says 32-year-old Andrew Jason Rosas of Sacramento held his wife and three children for a few hours before releasing them safe.

Authorities say Rosas fled as deputies tried to arrest him on a warrant. He was scheduled for sentencing Thursday on an unknown criminal conviction and faced more than 15 years in prison.

He led deputies on a chase up I-80 before a spike strip stopped his car near the Sierra summit.