A New York man, angry over the coverage of the Jodi Arias murder trial, has been indicted in Arizona for stalking after he threatened to tie cable news anchor Nancy Grace to a tree and slit her throat.

According to an Associated Press story, David Lee Simpson of Bath, N.Y, was apparently infatuated with Arias and upset by comments made by Grace and Headline News anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell during Arias' murder trial. In June he allegedly tweeted that he would tie Grace and Velez-Mitchell to a "tree naked and leave them to suffer all night," then "slit their throats."

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio said investigators found guns, handcuffs and other items in Simpson's car after taking him into custody in New York.

David Lee Simpson

After Simpson's arrest on Monday, Arpaio declined to name the two anchors Simpson threatened because he said Turner Broadcasting had asked his agency not to publicly identify them. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Brandon Jones said the anchors' names were released Wednesday because another news organization had already identified them as the victims.

A Turner Broadcasting official declined to comment.

Jane Velez-Mitchell (AP/CNN)

The indictment charges Simpson, 48, with three counts of computer tampering and two counts of stalking. Simpson is also accused of threatening a Phoenix woman who defended the anchors online.

In May, Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander. Alexander was found dead in his Phoenix, Ariz., home with multiple stab wounds, a gunshot wound and a slit throat.

According to USA Today, Publisher William Morris announced Wednesday that it will release a book about the Arias case written by Velez-Mitchell. The book, due out Aug. 20, is called Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias.