OWEGO, N.Y. -- Cal Harris stalked a New York State Police senior investigator while in Oneonta Thursday evening and verbally threatening the trooper, according to a release issued Friday morning by State Police.

In his own press conference Friday in front State Police Troop C in the town of Owego, Harris said it was the investigator, Terry Shultz, who initiated contact with him and that he was on Shultz's street in Oneonta by coincidence.

State Police said Harris was outside of the trooper's home, and arrested nearby. He was arraigned in Town of Oneonta court on a charge of misdemeanor fourth-degree stalking and released on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on July 14.

Town of Oneonta Judge Sean Ferrell issued an order of protection against Harris, preventing him from having contact with Shultz or his family. 

Harris told the media he has cell phone and dash cam video of the incident, and said State Police took his phone and his car as evidence in the case.

An angry Harris denied he was in Oneonta to see Shultz, but rather to sell a drone he posted online. He said the person never showed and wondered if "it was a set-up."

But, according to a police report, Harris was outside of Shultz's home for more than an hour and took video of his home and car.

During a confrontation, Harris told Shultz, "I'm going to get all you guys. How's your son? Maybe I will go drag him out of school; I have been following him around," according to the police report.

Shultz told police that he was afraid Harris would harm him, his family or his property.

Harris' attorney, Bruce Barket, said it was the first he had heard of the charges when reached by phone Friday morning.

After Harris was found not guilty of the 2001 death of his wife Michele by Judge Richard Mott, he told the media that the public would see a "shocking abuse of power" on the part of New York State Police in relation to their investigation into his estranged wife's disappearance.

"There are people, and they know who they are, who hunted Cal Harris for 15 years. Today, the hunted become the prey," Barket said during that May 24 press conference.

Harris publicly acknowledged he will file a lawsuit against State Police in relation to the investigation that landed him in court for four trials, and said he may pursue a second lawsuit related to Thursday's stalking arrest.

Harris continued his sharp criticisms of State Police investigators assigned to Michele Harris' disappearance.

Despite a warning from Barket after the trial ended that he needed to "watch out" for State Police, Cal Harris said Friday that he won't "walk on egg shells."

"I have been abused long enough. My kids have been abused long enough," he said. "[State Police] aren't going to control my life any more."