BROOKHAVEN, Pa. (VINnews) — A Pennsylvania man has been charged after authorities said he made antisemitic remarks and threatened violence against Gov. Josh Shapiro while seeking assistance at a state lawmaker’s district office.

Richard John Franklin, 65, of Delaware County, was arrested Wednesday following an investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police.

According to investigators, Franklin visited the district office of State Rep. Leanne Krueger on Tuesday seeking help with tax-related issues. During the visit, authorities allege he directed antisemitic slurs at Shapiro and made statements threatening to set fire to the governor’s official residence.

State police said members of the agency’s Political Violence Threat Unit interviewed Franklin at his home the following day. Investigators said he admitted using an antisemitic slur but offered conflicting accounts of the incident. He also told investigators his comments about the governor’s residence were influenced by his family’s experience surviving a previous arson fire.

Franklin was charged with terroristic threats, ethnic intimidation, harassment, disorderly conduct, and threatening unlawful harm to influence government action.

He was ordered held on $100,000 bail and remains in the Delaware County Jail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 16.

The arrest comes less than three months after an arson attack targeted the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence while Shapiro and his family were inside during the Passover holiday. No injuries were reported in that incident, which authorities described as a targeted attack.