CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — Earl Benjamin Washington, Jr., 46, of Lexington Park is now in police custody, according to a Charles County Sheriff's Office post.

Washington, Jr. was arrested Wednesday morning in St. Mary's County after threatening mass violence at an elementary school and a local business, police said.

Officers previously asked for the public’s help in finding him.

Washington called Gale-Bailey Elementary School and a business in White Plains, Md. on Tuesday, making multiple threats of mass violence, according to a statement from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office.

Officers believe Washington’s threats are domestic-related and were made to people he knows.

More information will be released soon, police said.