Stand off at Bartlett house ends peacefully with suspect's surrender
Posted August 16, 2010 11:00 pm
A four-hour standoff ended Tuesday morning when a 48-year-old man who barricaded himself in a house surrendered to Bartlett police, officials said.
Sgt. Geoffrey Pretkelis of the Bartlett Police Department said officers were called to the 100 block of Joseph Court at 12:30 a.m. after a report the 48-year-old man had barricaded himself inside the residence, was suicidal, and was possibly armed with a weapon.
Pretkelis said police notified the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System Emergency Services Team, the Bartlett Fire Protection District, and other area law enforcement agencies to assist at the scene.
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