FRANKFORT, IL — A Frankfort man is facing charges of threatening a public official and harassment by telephone after police say he threatened Gov. JB Pritzker.

Charges were filed by Illinois State Police on Thursday against Timothy Shemitis, 71, of Frankfort.

According to the criminal complaint, Shemitis left "repeated voicemails over a short period of time containing threats to watch harm committed upon J.B. Pritzker" on Feb. 28.

Shemitis called the "Voice an Opinion" line operated by the Governor’s Office of Constituent Affairs.

The complaint states that Shemitis "used telephone communication for the purpose of making any comment…which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent, being statements containing racial epithets and/or calls for violence, with an intent to offend."

The complaint was filed Thursday; Shemitis is not currently in custody and hasn’t appeared in court yet.