article_snippet: A homeowner checking the house after tenants moved out found his property in Milton, Massachusetts on Tuesday had been rigged with explosives set to detonate with the flip of a light switch.
article_snippet: Danger: This owner of this home in Milton, Massachusetts found Massachusetts had been rigged with explosives .
article_snippet: The mechanism involved a gallon of a flammable substance with wires snaking out of The mechanism and around the house.
article_snippet: The end of the wire led to a light switch. '
article_snippet: We believe the intention was that if someone flipped the light switch on where the intention ended, the device would have exploded,' Milton Police Chief Richard Wells said. '
article_snippet: It took some work to put It in there.'
article_snippet: Authorities said the intricate system could have caused 'significant destruction' if the intricate system had been set off and could have even resulted in a loss of life.
article_snippet: Last week, police were called to the home for an act of vandalism after WCVB found cement had been poured down the drain.
highlights_snippet: Police believe the device was designed to cause 'significant destruction'
  The tenants moved out last week, days after a vandalism complaint was filed when cement was poured down the drains .
  