Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Threats to Kill Cayuga County Man

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Jerry Gordon, age 56, of Colorado, pled guilty Friday to transmitting a threat in interstate commerce to injure another person.  Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.

Gordon admitted that from April 22, 2025, to April 25, 2025, he sent four threatening text messages to a man in Aurora, New York. In the text messages Gordon told the victim to get his affairs in order before Friday April 25, 2025, as he was going to “drink your blood from the chalice that I will make out of your heart.”  Gordon was arrested by FBI agents as he was getting off a plane in Syracuse, on April 25, 2025, after law enforcement became aware of the threats.

Acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III stated: “Vile threats to kill the citizens of our district will not be tolerated.  Local, state and federal agents, working together, quickly responded to the impending threat and apprehended the defendant as he was getting off the plane having traveled from Colorado to Syracuse to attack the victim.”

FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig L. Tremaroli stated: “This case demonstrates the FBI’s unwavering commitment to working with our partners to swiftly investigate, intercept, and bring to justice anyone who threatens our citizens with disturbing acts of violence.”

At sentencing before United States District Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe on November 24, 2025, Gordon will face a maximum term of 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of up to 3 years. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is convicted of violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors.

The FBI investigated the case with assistance from the New York State Police, Syracuse Regional Airport Authority Police Department, Syracuse Police Department, Cornell Police Department, Tompkins County Sherriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service, Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office, Federal Air Marshal Service, and the Oneida County Sherriff’s Office.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey J. L. Brown is prosecuting the case.