NASHVILLE, Jan. 6 (UPI) - A disabled construction worker was charged today with the bombing of the huge J. Percy Priest Dam in an attempt to flood downtown Nashville and pave the way for the looting of business places.

The suspect, 26-year-old Ted Jones, was taken into custody at his home early today in nearby Goodlettsville and charged with the Nov. 21 blast, which caused no structural damage to the dam.

“This was insane,” said United States Attorney Hal Hardin, referring to the bombing in which more than a case of dynamite was used. “It would be almost impossible to blow up a dam even with truckload of dynamite.”

The Federal warrant issued for Mr. Jones's arrest accused him of wanting to destroy the dam on the outskirts of Tennessee's capital city to permit waters from J. Percy Priest Lake to flood the Cumberland and Stones Rivers and put the downtown area of the city of 540,000 under water so that stores could be pilfered.