A man has been charged after police investigated threats made towards Chillicothe government offices and officials.

50-year-old Wayne Howe Jr. of Chillicothe has been charged in Livingston County with felonies for first-degree attempted assault and making a terrorist threat.

On April 19, the Chillicothe Police Department said officers began an investigation of terrorist threats toward the Chillicothe Police Department, City of Chillicothe government and officials, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, and the Livingston County Courthouse.

As a result of this investigation, the Chillicothe Police Department served a Livingston County search warrant in the 300 block of Park Lane in Chillicothe. Multiple firearms were seized and Howe was arrested.

Howe is currently being held in the Livingston County Jail on $20,000 bail.  An arraignment was set for this afternoon.