A Jersey City man, Mykyta Panasenko was arrested at a Hoboken train station carrying two homemade explosives, the Jersey Journal reported, eight days before two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the Huffington Post reported.
After the hearing on Wednesday, police determined "There is no indication at this point of the investigation that [Panasenko] intended to detonate a device in his building or on the transit system."
Panasenko also tells the New York Daily News that that explosives were in fact fireworks, not bombs. "They were fireworks," he said, adding, "Obviously, it was a bad idea."
Panasenko was released on his own recognizance, The Daily News reports, after investigators searched his home and found material to make explosives, but found no completed devices.
Mykyta Panasenko, a 27-year-old, was arrested on April 7 while traveling on a NJ Transit train bound for Suffern, New York, carrying two improvised explosive devices, according to police. Jersey City police Deputy Chief Peter Nalbach said on Thursday authorities also found material at his home "that may have been used to make an explosive device."
Panasenko is also charged with "recklessly creating widespread risk or damage to a building, which normally contains 25 or more persons by constructing the explosive devices," reports said.
Panasenko reportedly lives in Jersey City, but is originally from Kiev, Ukraine.
His arrest was not made public. Newspapers got wind of the story when he appeared in court to hear charges on Wednesday.
