The FBI ends the year on a record with the discovery of more than 150 homemade bombs on a farm in Virginia, in the eastern United States, the largest seizure of this type in the history of the American federal police, according to court documents.
Intervening after a report from a concerned neighbor, the police found the explosives while searching the house of Brad Spafford, a married man and father of two young children, specify these documents filed Monday and reported by the American media. Tuesday. The homemade bombs were found inside a backpack in a bedroom, according to the same source. An explosive was even stored in a freezer next to the food and labeled “Do Not Touch.”
The suspect, a machine shop employee, notably used photos of President Joe Biden as targets for target practice and supported political assassination as a method of action, according to court documents. Investigators also found a notebook of “recipes” for making explosives like grenades. A neighbor told FBI agents that Brad Spafford had discussed the possibility of outfitting his home with “a 360-degree turret for a 50-caliber gun on the roof.”
The suspect was charged with illegal possession of a rifle and would likely face additional charges for possession of explosives, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to prosecutors. In a separate document filed Tuesday, Brad Spafford’s lawyers requested his release, presenting him as “a good, hard-working family man with no criminal record.”
