Overview

• Spafford admitted to possessing an unregistered short-barrel rifle and an unregistered destructive device, each charge carrying up to 10 years in prison.
• Federal agents seized approximately 150 homemade bombs and unstable explosive materials from his Isle of Wight County home in December 2024.
• Prosecutors described the cache as the largest number of finished explosives ever recovered by the FBI.
• An informant told authorities that Spafford used President Biden’s photo for target practice and said he believed political assassinations should return.
• Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen denied bail in January, citing Spafford’s capacity for extreme danger and noting his 2021 explosion injury that cost him three fingers.