Dec. 31 (UPI) — The FBI has arrested a Virginia man after finding the largest stockpile of “finished explosive devices” in the bureau’s history, according to court documents.
Brad Spafford was arrested on Dec. 17, at his farm in Smithfield, according to documents posted Monday. Spafford was charged with failing to register a short barrel rifle. During a search of his home, FBI agents found “a stockpile of more than 150 homemade improvised explosive devices, assessed as pipe bombs.”
“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,” according to a detention memo.
“Several additional apparent pipe bombs were found in a backpack in the home’s bedroom, completely unsecured,” the memo added. Prosecutors said the words “no lives matter” were discovered written on the outside of the backpack.
FBI agents and bomb technicians exploded many of the devices on site because they were too dangerous to move.