A man was arrested after an hourslong barricade inside the California home of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Elizabeth Vargas, authorities said.
SWAT teams on Tuesday surrounded the property near Medina Way and Balboa Boulevard in Newport Beach, about 40 miles south of Los Angeles, NBC Los Angeles reported.
No injuries were reported, and at least one man was in custody, Newport police said. Authorities did not immediately release his identity or his connection to Vargas.
Kristin Simmons, a neighbor, told NBC Los Angeles that “all the streets were blocked off.”
“There were cops everywhere. My heart did sink in the beginning hoping she was OK,” Simmons said. “I did hear it was her house.”
The incident started out as a welfare check before it turned into an hourslong barricade, police said.
No one else was in the house, and authorities said they took away a dog, which, according to neighbors, belonged to Vargas, NBC Los Angeles reported.
Vargas appeared in the 15th season of the Bravo reality show.
