A Special Forces soldier was arrested at a Baltimore County National Guard facility — the Gunpowder Military Reservation — after he tripped an alarm on Monday morning then held “heavily armed” local authorities in a standoff until the afternoon.

The military member, Charles J. Muchanic, 43, of Virginia, was charged with trespassing and released on $7,500 bail.

According to the National Guard, a soldier responded to the alarm and tried to talk Muchanic into getting him to leave the facility, but he relented. Local police answered with serious force after being informed that the 244-acre military installation gave the troubled special forces operator access to some serious battle weaponry.

It turns out, however, that Muchanic was never armed, and he eventually agreed to come out of the facility where he was taken into custody and given medical evaluation. A spokesman for the National Guard identified the suspect as a sergeant first class with B Company, 2nd battalion, 20th Special Forces Group. As an active-duty soldier he served in the Iraq War before being discharged in 2005.

According to findings unearthed by the Baltimore Sun, Muchanic has been going through some rough times of late:

Court documents show Muchanic has faced other problems in recent months.

In December, a manager at a car rental agency filed charges alleging that Muchanic had failed to bring back a Chevrolet Cruze and his insurance company had stopped making payments. The address on Muchanic’s driver’s license was his father’s and he had not lived there for six months, according to the complaint.

Andrew Soles, the rental agency manager, said Muchanic did bring the car back eventually. The case was dropped.

“He was very apologetic,” Soles said. “He kept saying he was going through a tough time, he didn’t mean to do this to us.”

Muchanic also faces a drug possession charge in Baltimore City stemming from an incident Jan. 19, online records show. He is due in court on that case next week.

The paper also points out that going AWOL as a National Guard soldier is completely different than doing so as an active-duty service member. They only drill a few times a month and it simply wouldn’t be feasible for the branch to arrest those who have lost touch, so to speak.

Here’s to hoping that this American military veteran gets the help and guidance he so desperately needs, whether that’s psychological, medical, financial or otherwise.