Theresa, N.Y. — A town code enforcement officer from Jefferson County was charged Thursday with threatening a person with a gun, troopers said.
Terry L. McKeever, who worked for the town of Theresa, pulled out the pistol while attempting to serve paperwork, said Trooper Jack Keller, a state police spokesman.
McKeever, 68, of Philadelphia, New York, had a history of issues with the person, Keller said.
A state trooper said in court documents that McKeever had threatened to shoot the person, who was unarmed.
Police charged McKeever with second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Keller said.
He is scheduled to appear in Jefferson County CAP Court Feb. 24.
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