BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Bennington man has been charged with possessing a bomb and is accused of leaving it at his former residence when he moved out, according to federal prosecutors.

Tyler Hayes, 41, was indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded not guilty in federal court in Burlington on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. His attorney did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

According to court records, he made the pipe bomb and told acquaintances about the destruction it would cause if it were set off, prosecutors said. He left it in his former residence when he moved out in connection with eviction proceedings, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

The bomb was discovered by his landlord last February on the back porch area of the house that he and his partner had abandoned, according to court papers and police. The Vermont State Police bomb squad rendered the device safe, police said.

“Hayes took no apparent precautions to make sure the bomb did not fall into the wrong hands or detonate inadvertently,” the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release.

Prosecutors wrote in a court filing that Hayes should be detained because he not only built the bomb but he attempted to sell it in exchange for drugs and told several people that he intended to use it against the next person who angered or disrespected him.

Hayes is charged with knowingly possessing a bomb that was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. The judge on Tuesday ordered him held pending trial. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.

Hayes has a felony conviction for drug trafficking from New York in 2009 and appears to have about 17 misdemeanors for offenses including providing false information to law enforcement, disorderly conduct, cocaine possession, resisting arrest, and contempt of court, prosecutors wrote.