Joshua Michael Richardson, 38, allegedly made threats via email before traveling cross-country with several weapons, " the Orange County sheriff's department said.

An Alabama man has been arrested and charged with allegedly making threats to a monastery over 2,000 miles away.

Authorities were first alerted by officials from St. Michael’s Abbey on Silverado Canyon Road last week about a man, later identified as Joshuah Michael Richardson, sending potentially threatening emails. Then Richardson, 38, showed up at the church in person and made additional threats, the sheriff’s department said.