New images reveal the tense scene at Actual Housewives Of Orange County star Elizabeth Vargas' house on Tuesday as members of a SWAT workforce swarmed round it.
The 46-year-old actuality star was 'held at gunpoint' and 'roughed up' by an ex-boyfriend, sources advised TMZ on Wednesday.
Pictures from the standoff present a number of cops in physique arm with assault-style rifles drawn as they entered the home in Newport Seashore.
A lady who seems to be Vargas was noticed from throughout the road as she spoke with police after the standoff.
She appeared to have exited her house whereas carrying a white bathtub gown, which she had on as she stood within the doorway and talked to officers.
Along with the closely armed and armored legislation enforcement members who surrounded the home, her residence was additionally surrounded by a militarized SWAT automobile.
One member of the workforce will be seen coming out of a turret on prime of the automobile, and the defend over the opening seems to guard them.
In an effort to maintain the disaster contained, police seem to have sealed off site visitors to the neighborhood.
Officers who appeared to have much less physique armor on than the SWAT workforce had been additionally noticed holding giant semi-automatic rifles as they lower off site visitors close to Vargas' residence.
Officers had been additionally seen heading as much as the entrance door after Vargas' ex-boyfriend entered.
Along with parking the big armored truck out entrance, different officers carrying physique armor had been stationed round the home with weapons drawn.
Later within the night, an Irvine Police rescue automobile was additionally parked within the alley operating alongside the home.
Though TMZ reported that one individual was taken into custody following the altercation, they seem to haven't been taking any probabilities.
Pictures from the night present a workforce of SWAT members going by the home, and so they is also glimpsed standing on the second ground balcony trying into one other room from the surface.
A drone was pictured illuminating the outside of the home whereas SWAT members searched it after darkish.
Vargas seems to have been capable of acquire entrance to her house once more someday on Tuesday night time, as a determine that seems to be her was glimpsed by a window.
Police appeared to have damaged down or broken the door throughout their preliminary entrance into the house, as a employee was later seen boarding up the doorway with particle board.
Afterward Wednesday, police introduced in a press launch that Ryan Geraghty, 33, had been charged with assault with a lethal weapon, housebreaking, being a felon in possession of a firearm and extortion.
'As soon as contained in the residence, cops encountered an armed male suspect who was actively threatening the lifetime of the sufferer,' the assertion learn.
Sources near Vargas later advised TMZ that she had been 'traumatized' by being held at gunpoint.
Her supervisor Dave Weintraub advised the New York Publish that she 'shaken up and had an especially traumatizing expertise.'
'Luckily, the Newport Police Division saved her and she or he's doing effectively,' he added.
Sources near the RHOC star advised the outlet that she known as the police on Tuesday after he allegedly started extorting her, and so they had been surveilling her home when he arrived whereas armed.
'He grew to become obsessive along with her and would present up at locations and are available by her home randomly,' one insider claimed of the person, whom she had reportedly been relationship on and off in latest months.
'He requested her for cash on a regular basis, so she gave him slightly cash, however then threatened to start out extorting her.'
The supply claimed his newest request was for a automobile, which Vargas refused to provide him.
Amid the surveillance on Vargas' home, the supply mentioned her ex entered her house with a firearm.
'When [police] realized he pulled a gun out, they raided,' the insider mentioned.
Fortunately, the truth star seems to have emerged unhurt, regardless of being 'roughed up.'
Vargas is greatest identified for her stint on The Actual Housewives Of Orange County, however she solely lasted one season on the long-running actuality present.
Again in June, Bravo opted to not renew contracts for her and her costars Kelly Dodd and Braunwyn Windham-Burke.
