A case about an accidental shooting in Limestone County eventually led to the arrest of an Athens man who is accused of retaining or disposing of 10 boxes of stolen fireworks worth $3,017, records show.

Blake Logan Campbell, 18, of 18909 East Limestone Road, was arrested on a warrant Wednesday on a charged of first-degree receiving stolen property, records show. He was released from the Limestone County Jail after posting a $5,000 bond.

On Dec. 20, 2017, Limestone County Sheriff’s Lt. Johnny Morell was investigating a case about an accidental shooting, according to a report filed in Limestone County District Court. He talked with Campbell at his home and noticed several large boxes of fireworks in one of the bedrooms. Morell passed the information to Lt. Jay Stinnett and Investigator Chad Harbin, and the two paid a visit to Campbell’s home to see if the fireworks were still there.

Stinnett knew a fireworks stand on Harvest Road had twice been broken into in August 2017. Campbell was not home when the officers arrived so they left and returned 20 minutes later.

While driving by, they saw the front door of Campbell’s mobile home ajar. After pulling into the driveway, the officers saw a man walking out of the home with a big box of fireworks.

The man said Campbell had told him to come to the home, pick up and wrap a box of fireworks because he was giving it to someone as a Christmas gift. The man said there were more boxes of fireworks in the mobile home.

After looking into a bedroom window, the officers saw several mores boxes of fireworks inside. The man retrieved them and brought them to the officers. He also gave the officers a recorded statement about the boxes. The fireworks were identified by the fireworks stand owner as those that had been stolen from his stand.