India, Oct. 31 -- A Michigan man has been arrested on allegations that he threatened to kill FBI Director Kash Patel through a series of disturbing messages and threats directed at federal authorities.

Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, was taken into custody Friday after allegedly sending threatening Facebook messages to an associate of Patel earlier this month, prosecutors said.

According to U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr., Palazzolo allegedly sent multiple messages claiming he intended to target the FBI. In one of the messages, he reportedly referred to Patel as a "dead mf" and claimed he had "put a hit out" on the FBI director.

Investigators also allege that Palazzolo made threatening remarks during a phone conversation with an FBI a...