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Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, JUL 18 – Brad Spafford admitted to possessing over 150 homemade pipe bombs, the largest FBI seizure of its kind, and faces up to 10 years for each felony charge, court records show.
- A Virginia man pleaded guilty to stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history, according to federal court documents.
- Brad Spafford was found with about 150 pipe bombs and unregistered firearms at his home in Isle of Wight County.
- An informant stated that Spafford used President Joe Biden's photo for target practice and expressed extreme views about political violence.
- U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen noted Spafford's dangerous potential and denied his release.
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