Peruvian police a man suspected of committing a crime was arrested wave of bomb threats against schools, synagogues, hospitals and airports in the USleading to evacuations, flight delays and other disruptions in five states this month, officials said Thursday.

Eddie Manuel Nunez SantosA 33-year-old Lima man is accused of making a total of 150 bomb threats, some of which were directed at Jewish institutions during the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement.

All threats turned out to be lies, he claimed. A Justice Department spokesman said his motive in some cases was to get young people to send him sexually explicit photos or he would detonate the bombs.

It is not yet known whether Nunez Santos, who was facing extradition to the United States on federal charges in New York, has received legal representation.

The email threats were directed at intended targets in New York City as well as Alaska, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Arizona, This is stated in a statement from officials.

One of the threats that prosecutors cited as an example read: “I have planted several bombs in all the schools in your areas. The bombs will explode in a few hours. “I will smile with joy as their families mourn their deaths.”

This message caused the evacuation 1,100 students from 20 Pennsylvania schoolsthe authorities said.

The alleged threats “caused the immediate mobilization of federal and state authorities, diverted critical law enforcement and public safety resources, and created fear in hundreds of communities,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.

The eight-page indictment charges Nunez Santos with two felonies related to messages sent to multiple recipients in New York.: creation of threatening interstate communications and hoax. Each of them carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

The man is also charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and attempted receipt of child pornography. The charges, for which he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted, stem from allegedly trying to persuade a 15-year-old girl from Westchester, New York, to send him sexually explicit photographs.

The investigation was led by the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force. Authorities tracked Nunez Santos through his phone and the Internet, according to the release.

Reuters