Heavily armed Alabama ‘angel of death’ arrested after threat to California church

An Alabama man who claimed to be Michael the Angel of Death has been charged with multiple felonies after he threatened to “do the Lord’s reaping” at a Catholic monastery in Orange County, California, and then traveled to the church with a sizable cache of weapons, authorities said.

On Wednesday, Joshua Michael Richardson, 38, was charged with felony criminal threats and possession of six high-capacity gun magazines, brass knuckles and a sword, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. Investigators also found knives, a stun gun, body armor, duct tape and rope in his truck.

It was not clear where in Alabama he lived…

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