A man convicted after threatening violence against a St. Paul church was arrested again Friday — and now he’s alleged to have made threats on Twitter to county and state workers.

The Twitter feed for Adam Bailey, in which he includes a video identifying himself by his full name and date of birth, shows posts from Thursday that read, “Doesn’t matter what ‘their’ title is, job is, or anything else..” and “Kill ‘their’ county and state employees first.. …. :::: @FBI @CIA.”

It was the FBI that notified the Ramsey County sheriff’s office and other law enforcement agencies on Thursday at 6 p.m. regarding Adam Wayne Bailey, 36, said Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher.

The sheriff’s office saw in Bailey’s criminal history that he pleaded guilty to stalking in 2017.

Bailey, a former member of Holy Christian Church in St. Paul, was asked to stop attending services after reportedly displaying inappropriate behavior toward female congregants.

He subsequently sent at least 11 emails to a church official that included threats to “rape,” “smack,” “punch,” and “murder” both the official’s family and the church congregation, according to a criminal complaint filed in 2017.

“As we reviewed the old tweets and monitored the new ones, we became extremely concerned about his likelihood to commit violence against the people he had been fixated on,” Fletcher said Friday. Authorities began an investigation Thursday night.

A tweet on Bailey’s account Thursday afternoon included a photo of him outside the Ramsey County attorney’s office, although it was unclear when it was taken. A tweet followed three minutes later that said, “Keep (expletive) around (racial epithet). Start #praying for ‘your’ co-workers because ‘you’re’ going to be reading about how ‘they’ got murdered.”

The Twitter feed includes various references to murder, including a post on Feb. 8 saying, “I’ll straight murder ‘your’ #attorneys and representatives in the state/federal government for fun” and one on Jan. 29 that said, “Hey you gotta murder a #Judge or anybody else it is what it is.”

More than 175 tweets were posted on the account on Thursday between about 2 p.m. and 11:30 p.m and many included a racial epithet and a gay slur.

The sheriff’s office notified the Ramsey County attorney’s office and other people on Thursday night because “it was clear his anger was directed toward the parties involved (in the court case) two years ago,” Fletcher said.

Deputies set up surveillance outside Bailey’s apartment building on Fairview Avenue, a few blocks off University Avenue, Fletcher said.

At about midnight, Bailey went outside and got into his car. Bailey was then arrested on suspicion of making terroristic threats. He did not have any weapons with him, Fletcher said.

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After his 2017 conviction, Bailey served time in the Ramsey County workhouse and he remains on 10-year supervised probation.

Bailey was being held in the Ramsey County jail Friday. A relative could not be reached for comment.

Sarah Horner contributed to this report.