According to a Geneva press release, the Geneva Police Department and several other agencies responded in force Monday evening to a man who had barricaded himself in a home in the 600 block of Nichole Lane on the City’s east side.
The incident began around 7:45pm and garnered a significant police presence, including officers from Batavia, St. Charles and the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. Streets in the area of Nichole Lane and Division Street east of Kirk Road were blocked off, with neighbors instructed to stay inside as a precaution.
Police indicated that the man had threatened to harm himself, and that there was no danger to the public.
The man voluntarily walked out of his barricaded home at approximately 10pm on his own accord. The man, who was not injured, was taken to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva for further evaluation.
