Bail has been set at 50,000 for a 25-year-old Carlyle man being held in the Clinton County Jail on multiple bomb-related and weapons charges.

Kyle Matthews was formally charged Wednesday in Clinton County court with two counts possession of a bomb, bomb shell, or grenade, and one count possession of a silencer – all are Class 3 felonies.

Matthews was arrested Monday when a search warrant was served at a location in rural Keyesport. Two others who were at the home when the warrant was executed have been released.

The search warrant was obtained following an investigation that was launched after the sheriff’s department received a report Sunday night of a man who was in a Carlyle business Saturday night with a suspicious object.

The male reportedly told others that the object was a homemade bomb. The object appeared to be a pipe bomb made of white PVC pipe.

Authorities discovered the Matthew’s name and a location in rural Keyesport where he was staying. The sheriff’s office had received several reports in recent weeks of loud explosions in that same area.

A search warrant was ultimately obtained for the location and just before 11 a.m. Monday, officials with an ILEAS team, ATF, FBI, Secretary of State Bomb Squad, and the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office executed that warrant.

Bomb making materials, bomb components, a large number of firearms, and ammunition were reportedly discovered during the search of the residence.