When officers arrived on the scene, a resident told them that a man was throwing half-sticks of dynamite out his window.

WORCESTER — Police arrested a man on Catharine Street after reports of a man throwing dynamite from the window of a house. Several officers converged on the area about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2. The officers heard a loud explosion coming from 25 Catharine St.

Police and bomb squad members said they found "red explosive sticks" inside a Worcester home on Wednesday after a neighbor reported the resident was throwing dynamite out of a window.