CHESTERVILLE – A 19-year-old man was charged with terrorizing after he allegedly threatened to kill his father and lunged at him with a cast-iron fire poker Wednesday night.

Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Nathan Bean was called around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday by a Chesterville man who said his son, Joseph Conlogue, had come after him with a fire poker.

According to Bean, Conlogue was caught drinking vodka by his father, who took the alcohol away, dumped it down a sink and then went upstairs to sleep.

Angered that his father took away the booze, Conlogue grabbed a 2-foot-long cast-iron fire poker and charged up the stairs into his father’s room, Bean said, adding that the poker weighed about six pounds.

According to Bean, Conlogue allegedly told his father that he would put him in the hospital if he didn’t give back the alcohol. When he learned the vodka had been poured out, the teen allegedly ratcheted the threat up a notch, Bean said, telling his father he would kill him.

Then Conlogue lunged at his father with the poker, Bean said.

Before any physical harm was done, Bean said, Conlogue’s girlfriend separated the two men.

When the father called, Bean said, he was admittedly scared.

Conlogue was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of terrorizing and also with a civil charge for possession by consumption of alcohol by a minor.

On Thursday, he made an initial appearance in court and his bail was set at $340 cash. As of Thursday night, he remained at the Franklin County Detention Center.

Conlogue won’t be allowed to return to the home unless he’s with a police offer, Bean said.

Assisting in the arrest were Deputies David Rackliffe and Michelle St. Clair.

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