Police in Meriden have arrested a man and accused him of threatening a child.

Jeffrey Alverado, 38, faces charges of first-degree threatening and risk of injury to a child, Lt. Darrin McKay of the Meriden Police Department said in a news release Friday.

According to McKay, the arrest came after the department’s Special Crimes and Crime Suppression Unit in July began investigating an incident involving threats made toward a child. Investigators obtained a warrant charging Alverado.

Additional information about the investigation was not released, including the relationship between Alverado and the victim.

Alverado was held on a $150,000 bond following the arrest.

“We at the Meriden Police Department are wholeheartedly committed to protecting children,” McKay said in a statement. “We u

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