A 47-year-old Air Force contractor from San Antonio is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he lost a classified national-defense document and later turned up with loaded firearms: a .380-caliber firearm on his person inside a secure facility on Joint Base San Antonio, and an AR-15 and a 9mm handgun in his vehicle on base. Zachry Wade Carroll was arrested in Comal County on Saturday, accused of a string of violations that span from a missing document last year to weapons allegedly found in his workspace and vehicle about a year ago.
According to News 4 San Antonio, the indictment against Carroll alleges he lost a classified document related to national defense in April 2025 and failed to promptly report the loss to his superior officer. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas confirmed the arrest in a statement posted to X by the agency's official account
, tagging both the FBI's San Antonio field office and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
Loaded Weapons Allegedly Found in Secure Facility
The case escalated beyond the missing document, prosecutors allege. Court documents described in the same report say that in November 2025, Carroll knowingly possessed a loaded .380 caliber firearm on his person while working inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility at JBSA–Kelly Annex.
Investigators also allege Carroll had a loaded AR-15 with 85 rounds of ammunition and three magazines, along with a loaded 9mm handgun carrying 20 rounds and three more magazines, inside his vehicle on base. The report notes those weapons were allegedly discovered in the same November 2025 timeframe as the SCIF incident.
Four Federal Counts, Up to 17 Years
Carroll is charged with one count of losing national defense information, two counts of possession of a firearm in a federal facility, and one count of making false statements, per the same account from News 4 San Antonio. If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 17 years in prison. The lost-document charge is among the four federal counts.
The FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations are investigating the case, the outlet reported. Carroll's indictment reflects allegations only, and he has not been found guilty of any of the charges against him. No information about his employer, his legal representation, or the specifics of the classified document in question has been made public in connection with this case.
