Police ID man in McHenry standoff, announce charges

A man who held police at bay in a McHenry home for several hours Thursday walked out of his home and was handcuffed and placed into a police vehicle.

Authorities late Thursday identified the man as Patrick J. Anderson, 44, and charged him with obstructing justice, resisting a police officer and criminal damage to property, the McHenry Police Department said in a news release late Thursday.

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Police said Anderson was a suspect in a two burglaries that occurred Monday and Thursday at the same residence in the 1200 block of Green Street, very close to the site of the standoff.

But when authorities went to Anderson’s residence, they said he “retreated” inside and “would not respond to officers’ commands,” despite numerous attempts to contact him and get him to exit the home, and despite authorities having arrest and search warrants, police said in a new release.

Police called Anderson “a convicted felon with a history of resisting police.” They said they obtained information that he might be in possession of a firearm, prompting police to request assistance from the Emergency Services Team of the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System, or NIPAS.

McHenry authorities did not reveal in the release whether firearms were found in Anderson’s home and he has not been charged with any weapons-related offenses.

But police said the investigation is ongoing and asked anyone with information to call 815-363-2599 or the anonymous tip line at 815-363-2124.

Numerous police vehicles, included armored cars, had surrounded the home along Venice Avenue near downtown businesses for at least four hours, with police communicating with a man inside through a bullhorn, warning him he was under arrest and to come out of the home. Police also used drones to get views of the home and moved armored vehicles toward his house multiple times.

The McHenry Police Department had urged people about noon Thursday to avoid the area of Venice Avenue and Court Street. That was about four hours before the man was taken into custody without further incident. He did not appear to be armed when he left the home.

Authorities as of 7:45 p.m. Thursday had not identified the man or indicated what if anything he would be charged with.

McHenry County court records an arrest warrant had been issued for Anderson earlier Thursday for the alleged residential burglary; a second charge of residential burglary has since been added against him, court records show.

Lilliana Anderson, who identified herself the Patrick Anderson’s daughter, told the Northwest Herald that her father “is mentally ill and he is not a violent person.”

McHenry County court records also indicate Anderson was convicted in January of felony domestic battery and received two years of probation, a sentence that remains in effect. In that case, he was accused of “grabbing the neck” of a family or household member, and the indictment in the case said he had a previous conviction for domestic battery in McHenry County.