WOODSTOCK – Court documents from a search warrant show the police account of what happened the day a Marengo man allegedly barricaded himself in his basement and pointed a handgun at deputies.

Edward P. Bolen, 49, has been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, as well as additional misdemeanor counts, after the Sept. 29 incident.

According to an affidavit for a search warrant signed by Detective Jennifer Garafol of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Zane Seipler went to the home at 2905 Northwest Road in an attempt to serve Bolen with an arrest warrant for domestic battery.