Virginia man arrested as agents find largest cache of 'finished explosive devices' in FBI history
A Virginia man was arrested after federal authorities found a cache of homemade explosive devices, some of which were marked as "lethal," at his home, marking the largest seizure of finished explosive devices in FBI history, officials said.
A Virginia man was arrested after federal authorities found a cache of homemade explosive devices, some of which were marked as "lethal," at his home, marking the largest seizure of finished explosive devices in FBI history, officials said.
Authorities took Brad Spafford into custody Dec. 17 at a farm in Smithfield, about 29 miles northwest of Norfolk, and charged him with unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barrel rifle, according to court filings.
During the execution of a search warrant at Brad Spafford's home the FBI located not only a rifle but a stockpile of more than 150 homemade improvised explosive devices, assessed as pipe bombs.District Court for the Eastern District of VirginiaFBI agents found the rifle along with "a stockpile of more than 150 homemade improvised explosive devices, assessed as pipe bombs," during a search of his home, a detention memo says.
"Some of these devices were marked 'lethal.' Most of the devices were found in a detached garage, where the FBI also found tools and manufacturing materials, including homemade fuses and pieces of PVC pipe," it says. "Several additional apparent pipe bombs were found in a backpack in the home’s bedroom, completely unsecured."
The phrase "#nolivesmatter" was written outside the backpack, prosecutors said. No Lives Matter follows an extremist ideology and promotes mass killings, criminal activity and targeted attacks and has historically encouraged followers to engage in self-harm or animal abuse, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness said.
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