Police say man who set fire to former home also intended to blow up it with bowling ball bomb

Inside a burning Florida home on Sunday, investigators found a bowling ball filled with gunpowder connected to long rope used as a wick, like something straight out of a cartoon ready to explode.



Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the 21-year-old man who put it together before he could light it like he set his former home on fire, according to an arrest report. Tyler Butler faces charges of first-degree arson and attempting to use a destructive device.

He remains in the Palm Beach County jail without bail. On Sunday evening deputies and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue were called to a fire at a foreclosed house in Loxahatchee. Witnesses told deputies they overheard Butler saying he was going to set the home on fire.



Once in custody, Butler admitted to setting the house on fire and creating the device. Bomb technicians went into the home and dismantled the explosive. Butler does not appear to have any other arrests in Palm Beach County.