A man taken into custody for allegedly having multiple loaded guns near an Ohio airport has now been charged with a federal firearms offense as well.
According to News Center 7, 40-year-old William Griffith III of Delaware was charged with four counts of possession of weapons under disability, one case of unlawful possession of a dangerous ordinance, one act of breaking and entering, and one count of criminal trespass.
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Griffith has now been charged with illegally possessing ammunition as a convicted felon under a federal criminal complaint, according to a press statement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
The charges come from a Jan. 9 incident when law enforcement responded to allegations of someone trespassing in a construction area near the John Glenn Columbus International Airport at approximately 4 a.m.
Griffith was found and arrested. At the moment of his arrest, he was clothed in military fatigue trousers. Body armor with ceramic plates and a ballistic helmet with night vision were also found nearby.
Officers also discovered four firearms, including an AK-style rifle, a shortened shotgun, two handguns, and several rounds of ammunition.
Griffith was convicted of kidnapping in 2011, and as a result, he is not allowed to own firearms or ammunition.
Griffith appeared in federal court in Columbus on January 20 and had his case unsealed at that time.
