A Pasadena man arrested in connection with two separate explosions in Anne Arundel County has been indicted on charges relating to one of them, according to the Maryland Judiciary.

Greg Smith, 63, now faces five felonies in the county’s circuit court system: first-degree arson and four counts related to destructive devices.

Common examples of destructive devices include bombs, grenades, flamethrowers and Molotov cocktails.

According to state guidelines, arson carries a 30-year maximum sentence, while each of the destructive device charges could yield a possible 25-year punishment.

Though he faces similar charges in a separate district court case, on Jan. 3 an Anne Arundel County grand jury indicted Smith for allegedly causing an explosion last month at a Glen Burnie industrial park.

On the afternoon of Dec. 11, Anne Arundel police and fire officials responded to the 700 block of East Ordnance Road after several businesses reported hearing a “boom” in the area. At the scene, they found smoke stains on the concrete walls surrounding an air conditioning business and a debris field roughly 20 feet in diameter. Authorities said at the time that while there was evidence an explosive device had been set off, there were no injuries or structural damage.

Witnesses told investigators they had seen a Ford truck shortly after the explosion and noted its license plate, leading them to Smith as a suspect.

Police said they saw the same truck on multiple security cameras shortly before the explosion. According to charging documents, after parking the vehicle, the driver placed a device against the rear of a building and, after igniting it, drove away before an explosion 30 seconds later.

The truck returned briefly after the explosion “to observe the damage,” police said, and witnesses tried confronting the driver, who they described as “irritable.”

Police secured a warrant and arrested Smith later that day, authorities said.

Smith, who was convicted of misdemeanor arson in 1988, claimed he was finishing his truck’s emissions test at a nearby testing facility and drove to the scene after hearing the explosion, according to charging documents, contradicting the security footage police obtained.

Smith has been held without bail since his arrest and is scheduled to appear for a court hearing in early March.

Days after his detainment, Smith was issued three more destructive device charges in connection to an explosion in mid-November — one that took place near his Pasadena home.

On Nov. 14, police responded to the 1300 block of Old Water Oak Point Road, near Rock Creek, following reports of gunfire. However, they soon dismissed the case as a good intent call, meaning that while nothing happened, the report was not made maliciously or as a prank.

About a month later, while investigating the Glen Burnie explosion, authorities reevaluated the scene in Pasadena, where they found evidence of another detonation. According to charging documents, police then reviewed nearby Ring camera footage and spoke to witnesses who said they saw Smith throw something from his truck before the explosion took place.

Two of those witnesses chased after the truck in their own vehicle and took photos and videos of it. The truck in the photos, police said, belonged to Smith, who they said lived within a 1-mile radius of the explosion.

Defense attorney Michael Grossfeld, who is representing Smith in both of his criminal cases, declined to comment Tuesday.

Smith is scheduled to appear for a hearing in the second destructive device case Jan. 22.

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