A man who accidentally lost some of his fingers in an illegal explosion was sentenced Wednesday in federal court.

Laddie Leon Guerrero Aguigui was sentenced to three months in prison, with credit for time served. Aguigui so far has served 44 days behind bars, according to his attorney.

Aguigui also was sentenced to three years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence.

Aguigui in 2014 admitted to illegally receiving explosive materials. Federal prosecutors in August 2015 indicted him on allegations of illegally receiving explosives and making a false statement, according to an indictment filed in federal court.

In October 2015, Aguigui signed a plea agreement, admitting to the receipt of explosive materials by a non-licensee.

He faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

In June 2014, police responded to an explosion at Aguigui’s home in Agat, reportedly caused by Aguigui “playing around” with some chemical. The Agat home was less than a mile from Oceanview Middle School.

Guam police and fire agencies, the military’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, Guam Homeland Security, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI responded to the scene.

Aguigui said he was “switching powder to see what would happen” because “I’ve seen it done before… Like, New Year’s Eve.”

“I just did it the wrong way,” he said at the time. “It happened so fast I didn’t even know how to explain it. Honestly, I could have died.”

Aguigui lost a thumb, ring finger and part of his little finger in the explosion.

When interviewed, Aguigui told agents he had been making explosives since high school and had the caps for about a month before the explosion.

According to court documents, Aguigui was in possession of nine commercial electric blasting caps, despite not being licensed under federal law.

The day of the explosion, Aguigui had removed wires from three of the caps but, on the fourth, cut into the cap, causing it to detonate.

Federal and local law enforcement found nine objects later determined to be blasting caps. They also found bundles of wires, batteries and other items, documents state.

Agents also searched his browser history and found a YouTube search for “how to assemble c4 blasting cap,” court documents state.

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