Brad Kenneth Spafford
Brad Kenneth Spafford was a Virginia private pilot and machinist arrested by the FBI on December 17, 2024, at his Isle of Wight County property where 150 pipe bombs, a homemade mortar, and related materials were found.
Brad Kenneth Spafford was born in 1988. He is married to Jacqueline Spafford (born March 1989) and has two daughters.
He attended Isle of Wight academy where he was on honor roll5 and won an award for craft arts in 2005.4
He worked at Collins Machine Works, a naval focused machine shop. Spafford was a licensed private pilot.3
On July 4, 2021, Spafford disfigured his hand "while working on a homemade explosive" (the confidential human source [CHS] who reported Spafford to the FBI knew him before and after the accident). The CHS was concerned Spafford was interested in committing acts of terrorism.
On Oct 2, 2024, Spafford bought a 20 acre property at 14151 Foursquare Rd, Smithfield, VA 23430 for $645,0002.
On December 11, 2024, Spafford registered Wandering Woods Ranch LLC1.
Spafford was arrested by the FBI on December 17, 2024 for possession of a short barrel rifled and was later found to have 150 pipe bombs, explosives, a homemade mortar, and other related material on his property.
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