A Lake City man was arrested for throwing plastic soda bottles containing two chemical compounds into a neighboring yard on NE Jackson Avenue on Sunday morning.

According to a Lake City Police Department (LCPD) release, officers arrested Matthew Paul Mixon, 35, and charged him with disturbing the peace and making or attempting to make a destructive device.

LCPD officers were in the area of NE Jackson Avenue at 2:30 a.m. for an unrelated call for service when they received an alert from the FLOCK Gunshot Detection System.

Officers investigated and observed gray smoke emanating from the yard of a vacant residence and found a melted plastic soda bottle, along with additional soda bottles, emitting gray smoke.

The officers requested assistance from the Lake City Fire Department for the potential presence of hazardous chemicals. The officers also evacuated the residents at 759 NE Jackson Avenue as a precaution until the source of the chemicals inside the plastic soda bottles could be determined.

The investigation revealed Mixon had mixed two chemical compounds inside the bottles, shaken them and then thrown them into the neighboring yard to observe the explosions.

Mixon is being held without bail at the Columbia County Detention Center.