BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A Colchester, Connecticut, man has been arrested in New York in connection with a phone call that threatened violence against elementary schools in Brattleboro, Vermont, NBC5 and WCAX reported.

Investigators traced Jacob Cunningham to New York, where deputies from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office found and arrested him, the stations reported. He is being held on $500,000 bond. NBC5 reported that he was arrested on a terroristic threat charge, and WCAX said he faces charges over alleged terroristic threats aimed at Vermont schools.

WRFA-LP 107.9 FM reported that Cunningham, 32, is accused of placing the threats from Chautauqua County, though no schools there were specifically targeted. The station said New York authorities charged him with two crimes, threatening mass harm and a terroristic threat, and that he also faces further charges from Brattleboro police that it did not describe.

The charges are allegations, and Cunningham is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Brattleboro police took the call on the morning of Nov. 10. In a statement that day, the Brattleboro Police Department said investigators believed the caller was in New York state and was not thought to pose an immediate danger. Officers were stationed at schools around town as a precaution, and students were dismissed at their normal times with extra police on hand, the department said. Vermont State Police and departments in neighboring towns were alerted and helped investigate.

Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools opened that day under shelter-in-place procedures and halted outdoor activities, though classes went on, the Brattleboro Reformer reported. The district told families the calls were probably hoaxes, possibly "swatting." Citing the district, the Reformer said dispatchers received several calls; police described one. NBC5 reported that state police and the district found no credible threat.

The Windham Northeast Supervisory Union also locked its buildings after state police warned of a threat against area schools, the Reformer reported. "Out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the immediate safety of all students and staff, we have secured all WNESU school and office buildings," the district said in an announcement to families, staff and community members. No source said whether that threat came from the same caller.