The Hill News

Local police arrested a Washington state man who authorities say wrote hundreds of scathing e-mails to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).

Thomas Hanson, 63, was arrested after allegedly threatening neighbors with a firearm and charged with malicious harassment, according to a report by the Seattle Times.

“Police found four rifles and six handguns inside Hanson’s trailer, several of which were loaded," prosecutors said.

Following Hanson’s arrest, police in Auburn, Wash., were contacted by U.S. Capitol Police, who told them he had sent Cantwell 238 e-mails ranting about illegal immigration and immigrants from Mexico.

Hanson has been charged with violating the state’s hate crime law.