LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky man was arrested this week after authorities say they found a booby trap on the front porch of his home.

Deputies arrested Raymond Jackson, 56, just before 6 p.m. Wednesday in London, Kentucky, according to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were sent to a residence off after a complaint about a man who was allegedly intoxicated and waving a large knife at neighbors, according to a news release.

When deputies arrived, they found a booby trap on the porch. The device had "one half sheet of plywood with several knives sticking out of it" and was "mounted on a hinge to swing downward."

Jackson told deputies the booby trap was there when he bought the home several years ago and that he did not know how to take it down.

Deputies determined Jackson was under the influence.

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“It was ready. It was triggered when you pull a cord to come flying down and we can only assume that it would harm someone seriously or kill someone,” Deputy Gilbert Acciardo told LEX18.

He was charged with possession of a booby trap device (yes, that's a real charge) and booked into the Laurel County Detention Center.

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