A California man accused of calling two companies in Somerville and Cambridge and threatening to “shoot up” their offices with an AK-47 was arrested by federal authorities Thursday, according to prosecutors and court records.
Daniel Nguyen, 34, was scheduled to have an initial court appearance in San Francisco on Friday. He has been charged with transmitting threats in interstate commerce, the US attorney’s office for Massachusetts and the FBI said in a joint statement. Nguyen will be transferred to Boston at a later date.
Nguyen allegedly left five voicemails in January and February accusing the companies of cheating him out of money, threatening gun violence, and claiming to have an AK-47 and a Glock handgun with a silencer, court documents show. The companies are not named in court records.
“It’s going to be a bloodbath. You hear?” Nguyen allegedly said in a message to a company in Somerville.
According to charging documents, Nguyen allegedly called the Somerville company four times, once on Jan. 12, twice on Jan. 13, and once on Feb. 15,
When Nguyen called a business in Cambridge on Jan. 12, he allegedly said: “I’m going to shoot you all dead.”
Federal investigators used phone records to trace Nguyen’s phone number. They also discovered that over the summer Nguyen allegedly sent racist and threatening emails to a high school employee in Nevada and an employee of a security company in California, court documents said.
Nguyen previously was arrested by San Francisco police on March 11, 2018, and charged with making terrorist threats, court filings show.
In that case, Nguyen allegedly called a California company, made derogatory remarks about Filipinos and Mexicans, and threatened to “go there and kill all” of them with an AK-47, according to an affidavit.
Nguyen allegedly called another California business on March 10, 2018, and said he was going to “spray the place” with an assault rifle, the affidavit said.
If convicted as charged, Nguyen faces a maximum of five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and $250,000 fine, prosecutors said.
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