PHOENIX — An Arizona man has been arrested for allegedly making online threats against federal agents and employees, according to authorities.
Michael Lee Tomasi, 37, was taken into custody last Friday, FBI officials in Phoenix said. He is a native of the small community of Rio Verde near Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, but he has also lived in Colorado.
Tomasi allegedly threatened a federal judge, FBI agents and elected officials between May 2021 and last month, prosecutors said. Authorities have not released the names of Tomasi's alleged targets.
An Arizona grand jury indicted Tomasi on three counts of making threats against a federal official and three counts of making interstate threats.
At his arraignment Monday, Tomasi pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Tomasi faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of making threats against federal officials, plus up to five years in prison on each count of making threats across state lines, prosecutors said.
Calls to Tomasi's two attorneys — Joshua Fisher and Woodrow Charles Thompson — seeking comment on the case were not immediately returned Wednesday.