The morning sun shines on a hangar on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., in 2021. A veteran, Baruch Roche II, faces a year in prison after being charged with attempted possession of a firearm in a federal facility. Roche attempted to enter MacDill with an AR-15 rifle and loaded magazines in his car trunk on Nov. 3, 2023, federal prosecutors said Dec. 20. (Tiffany Emery/U.S. Air Force)

A veteran was indicted this week after attempting to enter MacDill Air Force Base in November with an AR-15 rifle and loaded magazines in his trunk.

Baruch Roche II, 33, faces a year in prison after being charged with attempted possession of a firearm in a federal facility, a statement by federal prosecutors in Florida on Tuesday said.

On Nov. 3, the Tampa resident drove up to a security gate at MacDill and refused to provide an ID, instead calling himself “Captain America,” said the statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Roche said he is in the military and that he had a meeting to provide top secret information to a general of the U.S. Special Operations Command, federal prosecutors said.

MacDill Air Force Base is home to the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Special Operations Command.

Roche made incoherent statements and threatened to return to the gate every day to look for the security personnel denying him entry, according to the criminal complaint.

Security detained Roche and found an AR-15 rifle in the trunk of his Hyundai Genesis, as well as five magazines loaded with 125 rounds of ammunition, prosecutors said.

The court complaint states that Roche has a retired military ID card.

After his arrest, Roche told Tampa police that he has been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, court documents said.

Local police determined that Roche had extreme paranoia and psychosis, and was a possible threat to Air Force security personnel. Police had him involuntarily hospitalized, the criminal complaint said.

Roche’s case is scheduled for a jury trial in February 2024.