A US Postal Service worker allegedly sent a barrage of threats to an NYPD cop shortly after police issued him a summons for carrying pepper spray on the subway Friday, law enforcement sources said.
Dontae Lyles, 21, was arrested at his job Saturday for allegedly calling the officer on the phone and barking “I’m going to get you” while also sending a series of menacing texts, including one with a picture of a firearm, sources said.
“This is what a real gun f–king looks like d–khead,” he allegedly wrote, as well as “I will see you guys real soon quick and easy,” sources said.
The officer and other cops first encountered Lyles on an uptown 6 train as he was allegedly carrying a large can of pepper spray around 4:45 a.m., sources said.
Lyles was taken off the train at the Parkchester Avenue station in the Bronx and issued a summons for possessing the large can in transit, sources said.
Less than an hour later, the cop received phone calls to his personal phone from a blocked number.
After the fifth missed call, he picked up and heard a voice that sounded like the suspect’s on the other end of the line reciting the officer’s full name and apparent address, sources said.
“I told you I’m not f–king around,” he allegedly said. “I’m going to get you.”
Lyles allegedly called another 19 times and then sent numerous texts featuring a gun, as well as a video of a magazine being removed from the weapon, sources said.
A search warrant of the suspect’s house later recovered the gun that was allegedly in the photo and materials used for a ghost gun, according to sources.
He’s facing charges of making terrorist threats and aggravated harassment tied to the alleged calls and messages, sources said.
Lyles is also on the hook for several counts of criminal possession of a weapon for the gun and ghost gun materials allegedly found in his home, sources said.
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