Police: Charges forthcoming in Palatine barricade situation

Palatine police say criminal charges are forthcoming against a 31-year-old man who barricaded himself, with a handgun, inside an apartment on the 1300 block of North Geneva Drive Tuesday.

Police responded to the call of a "man with a gun" around 10:30 a.m., authorities say.

The woman who called the police told the dispatcher she had escaped from the apartment after being beaten by her boyfriend, who also had a gun, according to a news release.

Local police negotiated with the man for more than three hours, then called the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System.

Shortly after officers from that agency arrived, the man surrendered without incident.

Police recovered a loaded, .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun from the scene., according to the news release.

Police have not yet identified the man but say he is a felon who has previously been deported.

The case caused some delays in school bus schedules as school let out Tuesday afternoon.