Man arrested after standoff in campground

1:36 PM, Jun 22, 2012   |    comments
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ORANGE TWP., Mich. (WZZM) - A man is in custody on weapons charges after a domestic situation and standoff in an Ionia County campground.

Ionia Sherriff'd Deputies and Michigan State Police were called to the Lakeside Resort Campground at about 10:00pm Thursday on a domestic argument.  Witnesses told police that the man had been arguing with other campers and was armed with a shotgun.  The man retreated into a camper trailer before police arrived.

Officers set up a perimeter and after trying to make contact with the man, they deployed their entry team.  The man was taken into custody peacefully.

The man was lodged at the Ionia County Jail and will be charged with weapons violations.