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Joseph M. McClure, 44, of MIddletown has been arrested after the nine-hour incident.
North Union between East Water and Spring streets was closed to pedestrians and cars for seven hours, as Daily Voice reported at the time.
Residents and school children were evacuated to the Middletown Borough MCSO building located at 60 West Emaus Street.
An explosive device was found in a home in the area of North Union Street and Spring Street around 1:30 p.m.
A containment chamber was used to safely remove the device through a joint effort of the Pennsylvania State police explosive unit and Reading police’s bomb squad.
The area reopened to the public and people were allowed to return to their homes around 9:30 p.m.
McClure has been charged with the following:
- F2 Weapons of Mass Destruction. - Unlawful Possession or Manufacturing
- F3 Risking Catastrophe
- M2 Recklessly Endangering Another Person
He is being held in the Dauphin County Prison without bail as he poses a "threat to society," according to court documents.
His preliminary hearing has been scheduled with Magisterial District Judge David H. Judy on Sept. 22 at 9:15 a.m.
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