PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man whose apartment was searched for a possible bomb after he allegedly brandished a pistol in a domestic dispute last week will be arraigned on multiple charges today.
Joshua Scott Curry, 32, was charged Wednesday in two cases.
In one, he was charged with first-degree burglary and unlawful carrying or handling of a weapon apparently capable of producing bodily harm.
In the second, he was charged with possession of an unlawful firearm and unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon.
He will be arraigned in both cases at 1:30 p.m. today.
Curry remained Thursday in the Clallam County jail on $80,000 bail.
Had a gun
Port Angeles police alleged that Curry spotted a woman he knew having dinner with a neighbor June 1 and entered the residence with a gun.
“Both were very alarmed about the incident and the fact that Josh [Curry] had produced a pistol,” Officer Michael Johnson wrote in his report.
The woman told police that Curry had been having suicidal thoughts, including “suicide by cop,” according to the affidavit for probable cause.
Curry envisioned barricading himself in his residence with armor and tactical gear before “going out in a ‘blaze of glory’ shoot-out with the police,” Johnson said.
Last Friday, police served a search warrant at Curry’s apartment 1019 W. 18th St. to look for firearms, ammunition, body armor and other accessories.
Police found a homemade wiring set up in the kitchen and a loaded suppressed Sig 226 in the master bedroom, court papers said.
Police also found a training grenade and a homemade radio detonator associated with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, investigators said.
“I could also see wiring, wiring equipment and gun powder in the room,” Johnson wrote in his report.
Bomb squad
Police left the residence and called the State Patrol bomb squad. Neighbors were evacuated Friday afternoon.
Investigators found bomb components, a short barrel rifle and a converted fully automatic machine gun in Curry’s apartment.
No bomb was found.
Neighbors were allowed back into their homes at about 8 p.m.
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