A Tucson man, Amir Safavi Farokhi, was arrested last week on a federal complaint and arrest warrant by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for using his telephone in Tucson to make a threat to place pipe bombs on school buses in the Castleton area of Indianapolis, Indiana.
The 28-year-old Farokhi was also charged with making an interstate threat to rape and murder a female employee of the Bloomington, Indiana Police Department.
The Department of Justice alleges that Farokhi used his telephone in Arizona to call the Indianapolis Police Department, and told police officers they should send officers to a specific location in the Castleton area of Indianapolis because Farokhi planned to place pipe bombs on school buses and shoot any responding police officers. Farokhi also used his telephone in Arizona to transmit a threat to rape and murder an employee of the Bloomington, Indiana Police Department, telling the victim he would wait outside for her at the end of her shift.
The complaint further alleges that Farokhi’s course of threatening behavior extended to two Tucson-area hospitals as well. On October 21, Farokhi is alleged to have called Tucson ER Hospital and threatened to shoot hospital staff and patients. On October 22 and 23, he is alleged to have made similar threats to Northwest Hospital in Tucson.