GARDEN GROVE police make the arrest (GGPD photo).

A man accused of making violent threats over a contract dispute has been arrested by Garden Grove police.

According to the GGPD, Stephen Joseph Strigas, 61, was taken intro custody on Thursday as he arrived at his place of work in Fontana.

He allegedly had threatened the employees of a Garden Grove business, saying he had a gun and would shoot them. 

Detectives, along with the Community Impact Unit, made the arrest and searched his vehicle, finding an AR-10 rifle and “numerous rounds of ammunition.”

A search warrant was served at Strigas’ home in San Bernardino County, where more firearms and ammunitions were found.

He was later booked into Orange County Jail for making criminal threats.