SANTA ANA, Calif. - A man claiming to be ‘Michael the Angel of Death’ was charged with making felony criminal threats against a church in Orange County .

According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, Joshua Michael Richardson (also known as Joshua Michael Jericho), 38, drove from Alabama to California after threatening to "Do the Lord’s Reaping" at St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon.

Timeline:

On August 19, St. Michael’s Abbey received a threatening email from Richardson claiming to be the "rider of the pale horse," a reference to the last of the Four Horsemen in the Book of Revelation, and that he was "sent to do the Lord’s reaping before his harvest," an apparent reference to the end of the world, according to a statement from the DA's Office.

In his email, Rich

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