{"id":110408,"date":"2019-12-31T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110408"},"modified":"2019-12-31T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:08:19","slug":"vernon-man-arrested-for-stalking-and-aggravated-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110408","title":{"rendered":"Vernon man arrested for stalking and aggravated harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Klahs-John-120x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Klahs-John-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Klahs-John-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Klahs-John-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Klahs-John.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Dec. 30, 2019, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal\nInvestigation arrested John L. Klahs, 50, from 4662 State Route 31, Vernon, for\nthird-degree stalking and second-degree aggravated harassment, both\nmisdemeanors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation began in November 2019 after Klahs began to\nengage in an ongoing course of conduct toward the state police at Troop D\nHeadquarters in Oneida; this included contacting the communications emergency\nline more than 100 times with no legitimate complaint or purpose, bringing\nunsolicited items to the lobby and using vulgar language and gestures toward\nemployees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Klahs has been targeting a particular trooper\nby trying to inquire about personal information, such as his home address and\nmaking verbal utterances insinuating retaliation and bodily harm as a result of\na previous encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Dec. 30, 2019, Klahs was observed in the vicinity of\nTroop D Headquarters including that of the physical parking lot and businesses\nadjacent to the property for more than seven hours observing the building\nutilizing a pair of binoculars. Based on his ongoing conduct, the State Police\nSpecial Operations Response Team was contacted and took Klahs into custody without\nincident in a parking lot near the Troop D Headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klahs was arraigned in the city of Oneida Court and\nreleased. He is scheduled to appear in Oneida City Court at 9 a.m. Jan. 3, 2020.\nAn order of protection was issued on behalf of the targeted trooper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Dec. 30, 2019, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested John L. Klahs, 50, from 4662 State Route 31, Vernon, for third-degree stalking and second-degree aggravated harassment, both misdemeanors. An investigation began in November 2019 after Klahs began to engage in an ongoing course of conduct toward the state police at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/110409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}