A former Fort Carson civilian employee who boasted in text messages of being a domestic terrorist pleaded guilty Tuesday to interstate communication of a threat of explosions or fire.
Douglas Kunz, a former butcher at Fort Carson’s commissary store, is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 9 in federal court. Kunz, 54, faces up to five years in a federal prison and a fine of $250,000.
“It’s almost time for Ft. Columbine,” Kunz wrote in one Facebook posting in which he complains about his mistreatment at work after his pleas for a transfer had gone unheeded, according to federal records.
Kunz arrived at Tuesday’s hearing in green prison clothing. When U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello asked what his offense was, Kunz said: “Putting stuff on Facebook, … saying threatening things.”
FBI agents assigned to the began investigating Kunz after receiving complaints this spring from Fort Carson and the Air Force Academy, both in Colorado Springs.
The academy referral came after a librarian discovered pictures of a female whose arms and legs had been cut off, according to court records. An investigation revealed that Kunz had transferred the images, probably by cellphone.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206, denverpost.com/coldcases or twitter.com/kirkmitchell
