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 by number 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.
FBI agent 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.”
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