1 In Custody After Threatening Cops In LITH: Police

LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL – A 27-year-old man is in custody after threatening officers outside a residence on Harvest Gate Friday afternoon. Garrett Kowalczyk, who was reportedly intoxicated, made the threat but never displayed a weapon and then retreated back into the residence in the 100 block of Harvest Gate at about 4:07 p.m., Ashley Eccles, communications coordinator for the Lake in the Hills Police Department, told Patch in an e-mail response.

The McHenry County SWAT team and six other area police departments assisted at the scene, creating a huge police presence in the area. Authorities also closed down Polaris Drive and Harvest Gate for almost six hours as authorities dealt with the situation.

Authorities sent out a Nixle e-mail alert to avoid the area due to “police activity.”

Kowalczyk was arrested at about 10 p.m. Police did not locate anyone else inside the residence and did not find any guns, Eccles said.

Charges have not yet been filed against Kowalczyk but are pending, authorities said.

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