police then found the pressure cooker , which is when they called the stop team .
according to a police affidavit dated june 19 , morley told his mother that his best friend had bragged about knowing tamerlan tsarnaev , one of the two chechen brothers suspected of detonating pressure - cooker bombs at the boston marathon finish line on april 15 .
once stop confirmed that the device was non - explosive , custody of morley was returned to the topsfield police sent out a nixle alert to subscribing residents at 7:36 a.m. on sunday saying that washington and main streets were closed due to a public safety emergency .
topsfield man was arrested on bomb scare charges early sunday morning , june 9 .
police were initially called to the residence at 2:46 a.m. on sunday morning when family members reported that morley assaulted and threatened them .
the 25 - page police affidavit details the allegations that served as update : topsfield case , a spokeswoman for the essex county district attorney said .
he was charged with communicating a bomb scare , threatening to commit arson and two counts of domestic assault and battery .
reuters jessica rinaldi while investigators working with the fbi are looking to see if there are any links between the two cases , they have drawn no conclusions , according to two law enforcement sources .
morley also threatened to burn down the residence .