CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man is accused of repeatedly harassing his 70-year-old neighbor with a barrage of racial slurs, including coaxing his 4-year-old son to call the woman the n-word, according to police.

Keirian Kelly, who is white, also threatened to stab the woman, who is black, several times over the course of a three-month span at their downtown Cleveland apartment building, according to police reports.

Kelly, 28, is charged with ethnic intimidation, a fifth-degree felony. He was arrested in August, but no charges were filed at that time. He was issued a summons for his Dec. 4 arraignment.

The threats began in July, according to police reports and court records. The woman told police that she accidentally fell into Kelly's wife in the lobby of the St. Clair Place apartment building on East 13th Street.

Kelly and his wife argued with the woman, but his wife later calmed down, police reports say.

Kelly remained angry, and continued to target the woman with a barrage of threats and racial slurs that made the woman scared for her life, according to police reports.

Kelly called the woman a the n-word several times on July 26, police reports say. He beat on his chest and yelled in the lobby that he was going to stab the woman. A security guard placed him in handcuffs and called the police.

The woman reported on Aug. 10 that Kelly saw her walking on East 12th Street and yelled racial slurs at her from across the street, police reports say. He also walked up to her and spit on her, according to police.

He also yelled a racial epithet and threatened to kill her and her son, the report says.

Later that month, Kelly saw the woman inside the lobby of their apartment building and yelled at her, calling her the n-word three times and saying "I'm gonna get you," police reports say.

The woman also told police that Kelly coaxed his 4-year-old son into calling her the n-word. She told police she is "very hurt" by a 4-year-old child using the slur against her.

She was "visibly shaken" when she reported the incident to police and said she fears for her life.

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