SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York State Police arrested a Syracuse man for threatening to kill members of the agency.
The state police said that on Aug. 3, it charged Kelvin Tanksley, 43, with aggravated harassment in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first degree and aggravated family offense for the crime. All of the charges against Tanksley are felonies.
The investigation into the matter began following a series of threatening phone calls made to the New York State Police Troop D communications center in Oneida on the evening of Aug. 2, the state police said.
An investigation accused Tanksley of making multiple phone calls to the Troop D communications dispatch center. The police said he repeatedly threatened to kill a New York State Trooper, a State Police Communications Specialist, and a protected party who is the subject of a valid New York State Order of Protection against him.
During the calls, Tanksley also allegedly directed threatening and derogatory statements toward the victims because they were white, the police said.
Troopers found Tanksley in Syracuse. He was taken into custody without incident.
He was arraigned in Madison County CAP Court and remanded in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or a $50,000 secured bond.