A heavy police presence was reported at an RV resort near Marengo Friday after sheriff’s deputies and a SWAT team responded to a report of a domestic incident involving weapons.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 6:20 a.m. Friday to Lehman’s Lakeside RV Resort, 19609 Harmony Road in unincorporated Marengo.
Dispatchers received a call for a well-being check on a woman at the RV camp, according to police radio traffic.
The caller reported there were guns in the trailer and the woman had previously been threatened by her boyfriend.
Deputies did not make contact with the woman and left the area after believing the woman was not at the location.
Police radio traffic indicated deputies were called back to the location around 8:50 a.m. after receiving a report that the woman was at the location and being threatened by the boyfriend, who was armed with a gun.
The sheriff’s office sent an alert early Friday afternoon saying there was a heavy police presence at the scene. The sheriff’s office’s SWAT team also responded.
Sheriff’s officials said the situation was “resolved” after the offender was taken into custody.
“There is no threat to the public,” the alert said, calling the incident an “isolated domestic incident.”
The sheriff’s office has not released further information yet.