A 24-year-old Cornish man faces terrorizing charges after being accused of making threats directed toward the University of New England in Biddeford.

Blake Tibbetts was arrested after the Maine State Police, in coordination with the Biddeford Police Department, investigated a report of troubling comments made by a person at a restaurant in Cornish.

Tibbetts was detained, evaluated at a local hospital, and then taken to the York County Jail.

The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were called in to assist in the investigation, during which bomb-making materials were located at Tibbetts’ residence on Old Limington Road.

Following this discovery, the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office charged Tibbetts with:

• Terrorizing (Class C)
• Criminal Use of Explosives (Class C)
• Criminal Attempt to Cause a Catastrophe (Class B)

He is currently being held on $500,000 cash bail.