FBI found 150 pipe bombs in Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors say

The investigation began in 2023 when an informant told authorities that Spafford was storing guns and ammunition, according to court documents. The informant, a friend, told authorities that Spafford had disfigured his hand in 2021 while working with homemade explosives. Prosecutors said he only has two fingers on his right hand. The informant told authorities that Spafford was using photographs of the president, an apparent reference to President Joe Biden, as target practice and that he “believed political assassinations should come back,” prosecutors wrote.