BRATTLEBORO, VT (MyKeeneNow) A Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with a threatening phone call that prompted an increased police presence at elementary schools in the Brattleboro area earlier this week.

Jacob D. Cunningham of Colchester, Connecticut, was taken into custody by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office in New York following an investigation into a Nov. 10 phone call in which an individual threatened violence against local elementary schools, according to an update released Friday by the Brattleboro Police Department.

Police said they coordinated with the Vermont State Police and officials from the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union as they worked to investigate the threat. Additional officers were assigned to area schools while authorities worked to identify the person responsible.

Investigators eventually identified Cunningham as the suspect and determined he was in New York. He was subsequently arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat.

Cunningham was being held on $500,000 bond, police said.

The Brattleboro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division continues to investigate the case. Authorities are directing requests for additional information about Cunningham’s arrest and charges to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.