A Turlock man is facing criminal charges for what authorities are describing as an incident of road rage in the foothills. Tony Alahverdi, 36, of Turlock was arrested by the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of making criminal threats for the alleged road rage encounter. The incident began around 5 p.m. Sunday when the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a man who had pointed a handgun at a motorist while trying to pass on Dodge Ridge Road.