Soldier arrested for allegedly taking C-4 explosive home
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A Fort Carson soldier has been arrested after he took a block of a military explosive to his home.
According to an arrest affidavit FOX21 News received, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contacted the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) Regional Explosives Unit (REU) and advised them that 41-year-old soldier Joshua King, had a block of C-4 military explosive at his home located in the Broadmoor Bluffs neighborhood. Per court documents, the affidavit was received on Monday, March 10.
Documents indicated that this information was received by King's spouse, who currently lives at the home. The spouse also told REU they were going through a divorce and King no longer lived at that house. Per arrest documents, King was currently living at another home nearby on Canoe Creek Drive.
On Feb. 4, the spouse contacted law enforcement over the situation. An El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputy and special agents with the FBI and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) met at the home and recovered the explosives. The C-4 block was located on top of a dresser in the corner of an attached garage.
'I observed the C-4 block after it was collected and noted that based on my training and experience, it appeared to be military C-4 (plastic explosives),' the documents said. 'It was also noted that the block was encased in what appeared to be the original wrapping, bearing the lot number IOP15E001-034.'
The spouse told law enforcement that King had brought the block home and would hide it around the house for her dog to find. She informed law enforcement that her father, who was a retired Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was an Explosive Detection Canine handler, and after retirement two years ago had given the dog to her.
'Joshua told her to not tell anyone he brought the block of C-4 home from where he worked on Ft. Carson,' arrest papers stated. The spouse also said the explosives had been kept in multiple places inside the home at Broadmoor Bluffs.
Days later, detectives received more information from CID that indicated the C-4 had been issued to Fort Carson between Jan. and Feb. in 2019. King is a member of the 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, and 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson. In March, Members of the CID also said there is no justification for a person in a position such as King's to have possession of the C-4. King also didn't have an Explosives Permit and was 'not legally authorized to have access to or store explosive materials.'
CID was also conducting a separate investigation into King regarding domestic violence incidents, and an ex-girlfriend who lived with him at the home on 1635 Canoe Creek Drive until Nov. 24 told them that King had shown her a picture of an explosive and he had explained he took it from the Army.
King has been charged with a Felony, Possession, Use, or Removal of Explosives or Incendiary Devices. According to court documents, King is due in court for a status hearing on Thursday, March 27 at 2:15 p.m.
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