Revere owner of firearms business arraigned on incendiary device charge

BOSTON, March 6, 2023 —A Revere man was charged in Chelsea District Court today with possession of an incendiary device stemming from a January search of the man’s Proctor Avenue apartment, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced. 

CORY JOHN DAIGLE, 28, appeared on a summons and was charged with one count of possession of an incendiary device. Judge William Farrell released Daigle on personal recognizance and ordered him to maintain monthly phone contact with probation, possess no firearms or incendiary devices and possess no materials to create incendiary devices. Daigle will return to court April 19 for a probable cause hearing.

On January 5 members of the State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit, the State Police Bomb Squad and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives executed a search warrant at Daigle’s Proctor Avenue residence and discovered explosive and destructive materials including a white powder identified as potassium perchlorate, a substance used in fireworks, ammunition percussion caps and explosive primers.  Also discovered were a black plastic funnel, glue gun, mortar tubes, blasting caps and common fuses. Daigle told investigators he had used the materials to manufacture homemade fireworks two years before. 

The search team also seized numerous firearms from Daigle’s apartment.  Daigle is facing federal charges related to a firearms business he operated in Littleton, MA. 

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications