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Timothy Wyrick, 32, of Bonner Springs, plead not guilty Tuesday afternoon to five counts of communicating threats by interstate commerce.

Wyrick has been charged in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., for making a series of threatening calls to a co-worker, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.

At the time of the calls, which are alleged to have occurred May 26, June 22, Aug. 7, Aug. 10, and Sept. 4, Wyrick was employed by the Kansas Highway Patrol as a motorist assist technician.

According to a criminal complaint filed with the court, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper began to receive anonymous phone calls from a male who made threats of bodily harm, described what the trooper was doing, what the trooper was wearing and where the trooper had been while on duty. The caller indicated he knew where the trooper lived and where the trooper's mother lived. The calls were received both on the trooper’s cellular and home phones.

In one of the calls, Wyrick said he had picked out a place to bury the trooper.

Some of the calls, prosecutors say, came from a pay phone at the Walmart in Paola. Other calls came from a Tracfone with a number that investigators were able to identify.

Wyrick was freed on bond pending trial. His next hearing is set for Nov. 16.

If convicted, Wyrick faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count.

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