BOONVILLE -- A man is in police custody this morning after a standoff with police in Boonville.
State Police and Oneida County Sheriff's deputies were called to 7358 State Route 249 in the Town of Ava. A man had apparently called the Oneida County 911 Center and threatened to kill the dispatchers and any police who were sent to his house.
State Police identified the caller as 52-year-old Michael Besaw.
Troopers and deputies set up a perimeter around the house. Authorities tried to persuade Besaw to surrender, but he would not.
Eventually, the State Police Special Operations Response Team was deployed to the scene. They took Besaw into custody after a brief struggle.
Besaw was charged with Aggravated Harassment and Resisting Arrest.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in the Town of Ava court.
