Redlands, Calif.-Police have arrested a man in a home with a cache of explosives material, including 400 pounds of ammonium nitrate, even though he was a licensed pyrotechnician. According to spokesman Carl Baker, an anonymous caller reported that David Matthews, 42, was making bombs in his home. He said Matthews consented to a search of the home, where chemicals used to make commercial fireworks were found along with accelerants, the fertilizer, cans of fuel, and several weapons. Baker said a pyrotechnician license does not allow for storage of explosives in a residential area. The arrest was made early Feb. 7 on a felony charge of intent to create a destructive weapon without a permit.
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