BRIDGEPORT, CT (WFSB) – A New Canaan police officer is ready to face a choose in Bridgeport on Friday for explosives and weapons prices.

David W. Rivera was arrested Thursday on a warrant that charged him with unlawful possession of explosives, unlawful storage of explosives, unlawful possession of an assault weapon, unlawful storage of a firearm in violation, and three counts of improper switch of a firearm.

An arrest warrant affidavit submitted by police stated that in a search of Rivera’s residence in Stratford, portions of excessive explosives have been discovered improperly saved. Police stated Rivera used the explosives in his enterprise coaching working canine for varied organizations. The warrant said that Rivera had no allow for the possession of the excessive explosives and that he was additionally discovered to have been in possession of an assault weapon.

The investigation was performed by the Stratford Police Department, the Naugatuck Police Department, the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad, and the State Police Bomb Squad in cooperation with the Fairfield Judicial District State’s Attorney’s Office.

An arrest warrant was obtained after the search of Rivera’s Stratford residence.

“The several police agencies were thorough and professional, moving quickly to address this situation,” stated Joseph Corradino, Fairfield state’s lawyer. Corradino emphasised that the fees towards Rivera have been merely accusations and he’s presumed harmless until and till he’s discovered responsible.

Corradino stated unlawful possession and unlawful storage of explosives are unclassified felonies punishable by as much as 10 years in jail. Possession of an assault weapon is a category D felony punishable by as much as 5 years in jail. Illegal switch of a firearm is a category C felony punishable by as much as 10 years in jail.

Rivera ran the canine coaching enterprise ‘Black Rock Canines’ in Naugatuck. The enterprise was lately investigated by a number of Connecticut businesses.

According to the arrest warrant, two former staff of Rivera introduced up issues. The warrant says Rivera advised a kind of staff that he didn’t have a license to hold explosives. The warrant famous the employee was additionally involved with how the explosives have been saved.

The warrant stated, “None of the explosives were stored in such a manner that he had ever seen before.”

According to the warrant, 24 explosive supplies have been taken from Rivera’s residence, categorizing almost half of them as extremely explosive.

In court docket, Rivera’s lawyer says the explosives have been getting used within the canine trainings Rivera did.

“This is the suggestion he’s a terrorist storing, and he has made threats against people or anything of the sort. The allegations here, if it is illegal, and that’ll be a question to be determined, it would appear on the surface a question of neglect or lack of specific knowledge, not that would be an excuse, but whether that would be mitigation,” says lawyer Josh Gulash.

The warrant says Rivera ought to know as a licensed police officer, that paperwork wanted to be accomplished to take correct possession of firearms.

According to the employee, Rivera by no means talked about something about this.

In court docket, Gulash burdened the weapons authorities took from Ramirez’s residence are legally his, and he was clear concerning the ones that weren’t.

“He cooperated with the police at the time of the search, your honor. He advised the police that certain weapons in that house were his, and that certain weapons in his house were someone else’s. He identified who that person was, and where the items would be located,” says Gulash.

Bond was set on the warrant at $250,000. His lawyer tried to decrease his bond to $50,000, however the choose stored it at $250,000

He is due again in court docket on May tenth.

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