A man accused of making a series of violent and hate-based threats against a New York reporter was arrested Friday morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Anger over an unflattering news article prompted a man to threaten to kill a New York reporter and her family, federal prosecutors alleged. Austin Suman, age 35, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is charged with making a threat involving an explosive and related charges in White Plains federal court.

WMBF News was first alerted by a viewer of several police vehicles and an armored vehicle in the Cresswind neighborhood located near The Market Common. An FBI spokesperson confirmed to WMBF News that the agency is among those at the scene, but could not immediately provide further details.

A South Carolina man accused of making a series of racist death threats online to a New York reporter has been arrested. Austin Suman, 35, of Myrtle Beach, has been charged with willfully making a threat involving explosives and interstate stalking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said.

South Carolina man arrested for making death threats against a journalist and her family using racist and misogynistic language.

A man accused of making a series of violent and hate-based threats against a New York reporter was arrested Friday morning in Myrtle Beach, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Austin Suman, 35, of Myrtle Beach,

The FBI arrested the man for sending the ethnic slurs to the New York reporter, as well as threatening to kill her and her family.

A Myrtle Beach man is in federal custody after allegedly threatening a news reporter. The U.S. Attorney’s General Office says 35 year old, Austin Suman sent a series of online messages threatening a New York based reporter.

Austin Suman, 35, of Myrtle Beach, allegedly threatened to kill the New York woman and her family and blow up her house.