Man arrested at Yuma airport with C4
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Man arrested at Yuma airport with C4
Man arrested at Yuma airport with C4 explosive
July 14, 2011 10:32 PM
BY JAMES GILBERT - SUN STAFF WRITER
UPDATED - A U.S. soldier has been arrested and charged with attempting to board an airplane while carrying explosives after an incident Wednesday at Yuma International Airport.
Army private Christopher Eric Wey, 19, who is stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, has also been charged with one count of transportation of a stolen explosive. A federal magistrate in Yuma released him without bail Thursday. His federal public defender declined comment.
According to the Arizona District Attorney’s Office in Phoenix, Wey was trying to board United Airlines flight 6455 from Yuma to Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. During a standard Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening, security officers reportedly detected the presence of explosives in Wey’s baggage and found one-half ounce of C4 explosive hidden in an empty can of smokeless tobacco. He was held for investigation and interviewed by special FBI agents.
The complaint filed against Wey alleges that he stole the C4 on while attending a seven-week training course at Yuma Proving Ground teaching military dogs to detect explosives.
According to the complaint, Wey, who had been terminated from the course for failure to meet course standards, a demonstration was given as part of the training in which students were allowed to handle C4.
Wey said, in the complaint, that he saw a small quantity of C4 on the ground, which he picked up and put in his pocket. He later took the C4 back to his hotel and placed it in the empty can of smokeless tobacco, which he packed in his baggage.
“I was going to take it home and show my family and then dispose of it,” Wey confessed in the complaint.
The complaint also indicates that a fellow soldier, who was also attending the training, told authorities that Wey had asked him about five to 10 minutes prior to the demonstration what would happen if he were caught with explosives.
The fellow soldier, according to the complaint, said he told Wey that he would be subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and could possibly go to jail.
Authorities added that they found no evidence to believe that he intended to harm anyone with the small amount of explosives in his possession.
A conviction for trying to carry an explosive on an aircraft and transportation of a stolen explosive carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Read more: Man arrested at Yuma airport with C4 explosive | yuma, explosive, arrested - YumaSun
July 14, 2011 10:32 PM
BY JAMES GILBERT - SUN STAFF WRITER
UPDATED - A U.S. soldier has been arrested and charged with attempting to board an airplane while carrying explosives after an incident Wednesday at Yuma International Airport.
Army private Christopher Eric Wey, 19, who is stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, has also been charged with one count of transportation of a stolen explosive. A federal magistrate in Yuma released him without bail Thursday. His federal public defender declined comment.
According to the Arizona District Attorney’s Office in Phoenix, Wey was trying to board United Airlines flight 6455 from Yuma to Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. During a standard Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening, security officers reportedly detected the presence of explosives in Wey’s baggage and found one-half ounce of C4 explosive hidden in an empty can of smokeless tobacco. He was held for investigation and interviewed by special FBI agents.
The complaint filed against Wey alleges that he stole the C4 on while attending a seven-week training course at Yuma Proving Ground teaching military dogs to detect explosives.
According to the complaint, Wey, who had been terminated from the course for failure to meet course standards, a demonstration was given as part of the training in which students were allowed to handle C4.
Wey said, in the complaint, that he saw a small quantity of C4 on the ground, which he picked up and put in his pocket. He later took the C4 back to his hotel and placed it in the empty can of smokeless tobacco, which he packed in his baggage.
“I was going to take it home and show my family and then dispose of it,” Wey confessed in the complaint.
The complaint also indicates that a fellow soldier, who was also attending the training, told authorities that Wey had asked him about five to 10 minutes prior to the demonstration what would happen if he were caught with explosives.
The fellow soldier, according to the complaint, said he told Wey that he would be subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and could possibly go to jail.
Authorities added that they found no evidence to believe that he intended to harm anyone with the small amount of explosives in his possession.
A conviction for trying to carry an explosive on an aircraft and transportation of a stolen explosive carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Read more: Man arrested at Yuma airport with C4 explosive | yuma, explosive, arrested - YumaSun
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