WHEELING- Federal agents obtained a warrant to search for firearms in the Wheeling home of Charles E. Coffman, who on Wednesday allegedly threatened to fire shots at the Federal Building.

As of Friday afternoon, there had been no confirmation that agents executed the search or if any items were found.

In the application for a search warrant to U.S. Magistrate Judge James Seibert, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said that persons who threaten to shoot things are often in actual possession of a firearm, especially when a specific type or caliber of firearm is mentioned.

“These firearms are commonly kept inside the residence and are often accompanied by ammunition,” the document states. “Additionally, based upon Coffman’s criminal convictions, he is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.”

The agent said that, based upon available evidence, he believed, “there is property which constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense and contraband, the fruits of the crime, or other things otherwise criminally possessed.”

According to the application, Coffman’s criminal history reveals he is required to register as a sex offender because of 1998 conviction of gross sexual imposition in Belmont County. He was sentenced to 16 months in the Ohio Correctional Reception Center in Orient.

The Federal Building in Wheeling went into a full lockdown Wednesday after Coffman allegedly made a “terroristic threat” to shoot up the building.

The affidavit accompanying the search warrant application states Coffman became irate after being denied medical treatment at a Wheeling doctor’s office.

“Coffman stated to the staff that he had just been released from Northwood and was being provided the wrong type of medication,” the document states.

Coffman was apparently referencing an October incident in which retired Wheeling police officer Thomas Piccard fired 26 shots into the Federal Building’s facade and glass before being shot and killed by authorities.

The affidavit also states a medical assistant from the doctor’s office told agents that Coffman had become increasingly hostile and he said he would, “go home, get his gun and shoot up the place, and then went on to state he would be like the cop who shot up the Federal Building. (The medical assistant) stated that Coffman left the office immediately after saying he was going to retrieve and load his .45-caliber pistol.”

Police went to the Federal Building, where a full lockdown remained in place until Coffman had been located.

Coffman is charged with willfully threatening to commit a terrorist act, a felony carrying a penalty of one-to-three years in prison and a fine of not less that $5,000, no more than $25,000. Ohio County Magistrate Joe Roxby set a full cash bond of $25,000.