An employee is indicted in a shootout threat at the hotel in California

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – An employee of a Long Beach hotel who allegedly had an arsenal at his home was accused of threatening a shootout at his workplace.

Rodolfo Montoya, 37, of Huntington Beach, was charged on Thursday with two counts of criminal threats, a deterrent lead to a witness and possession of an assault weapon.

We do not know if he has a lawyer.

Police said Montoya, a Long Beach Marriott cook, was angry about a problem at his workplace and announced Monday to a colleague that he was going to shoot down other colleagues. and people at the hotel.

Police said at Montoya's home they found a Colt AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, pistols and other rifles, tactical equipment and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Montoya could be sentenced to more than five years in prison.