FBI Arrests Texas Man In Northeastern University Explosion Case

BOSTON — The FBI said Tuesday it arrested and charged a Texas man in connection with an explosion at Northeastern University last month.

The FBI has scheduled a news conference for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Other details were not immediately available.

The explosion was reported around 7 p.m. on Sept. 13 and injured a 45-year-old university employee working in a technology lab when he opened a package delivered to the lab. Two days later, the Associated Press reported investigators were trying to determine if the incident was a hoax.

Investigators said they identified inconsistencies in the employee’s statement and became skeptical because his injuries did not match wounds typically consistent with an explosion. In an interview with the Boston Globe, the Northeastern employee denied staging the explosion, calling the event "very traumatic."

"I did not stage this … No way, shape or form ... they need to catch the guy that did this," he told the newspaper.

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