‘Anti-government extremist called for assassinations & used Biden pic in target practice’ before 150 bombs found in raid
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A MAN who allegedly used photos of President Joe Biden as target practice has been arrested after FBI officials uncovered more than 150 homemade explosive devices on his farm. Federal agents arrested Brad Spafford outside his farm in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 17 after receiving a tip from a concerned neighbor that the suspect had been stockpiling weapons and explosives.
![[Brad Spafford was arrested after federal agents uncovered more than 150 handmade explosive devices on his farm in Norfolk, Virginia]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000960792893.jpg?strip=all&w=800)
The investigation began early last year when a neighbor reported to investigators that Spafford, 36, had lost three fingers on his right hand in 2021 while working with a homemade explosive device, according to an affidavit viewed by The U.S. Sun. The neighbor, who had previously served as a law enforcement officer, also said he saw Spafford with a 10-inch short-barrel rifle in 2023.
![[Stafford was in possession of an unregistered 10-inch short-barrel rifle, federal agents said]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000960792898.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The suspect also told his neighbor he was making approximately 50 rounds of ammunition per day, prosecutors said. The neighbor told investigators that Spafford had told him that he and his friends were “preparing for something” that he "would not be able to do alone," court papers said.
![[FBI agents described the finding as the 'largest cache of homemade explosives in the agency's history']](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000960792882.jpg?strip=all&w=738)
Spafford, who had a NoLivesMatter logo patch on his backpack, believed "presidential assassinations be brought back" and used photos of Joe Biden as target practice at shooting ranges, court documents read. The Department of Homeland Security defines No Lives Matter as an extremist ideology that promotes violence, criminal activity, and self-harm.
![[A jar filled with the highly explosive hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) was found in Spafford's freezer next to Hot Pockets and corn on the cob, officials said]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000960792901.jpg?strip=all&w=680)
