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created: 2026-05-15
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updated: 2026-05-17
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title: Brad Kenneth Spafford
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aliases:
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- Brad Kenneth Spafford
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- Brad Spafford
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category: "Criminals & Offenders"
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tags:
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- Person
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- Domestic
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- Explosives
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- FBI
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- 2020s
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summary: "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."
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born: 1988-01-01
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location: "Isle of Wight County, Virginia"
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Brad Kenneth Spafford was born in 1988. He is married to Jacqueline Spafford (born March 1989) and has two daughters.
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He attended Isle of Wight academy where he was on honor roll[^5] and won an award for craft arts in 2005.[^4]
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He worked at [Collins Machine Works](https://collinsmachine.com/), a naval focused machine shop. Spafford was a licensed private pilot.[^3]
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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 [[act of terrorism|acts of terrorism]].
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On Oct 2, 2024, Spafford bought a 20 acre property at [14151 Foursquare Rd, Smithfield, VA 23430](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14151-Foursquare-Rd-Smithfield-VA-23430/79136117_zpid/) for $645,000[^2].
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On December 11, 2024, Spafford registered Wandering Woods Ranch LLC[^1].
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Spafford was arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|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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### Footnotes
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[^1]: [Wandering Woods Ranch LLC](https://www.bizapedia.com/va/wandering-woods-ranch-llc.html)
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[^2]: [14151 Foursquare Rd](https://www.redfin.com/VA/Smithfield/14151-Foursquare-Rd-23430/home/49170416)
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[^3]: [Suffolk County Pilots](https://www.city-data.com/pilots/suffolk-city-virginia.html)
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[^4]: [Isle of Wight Newspaper](https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSMT20051005.1.28&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------)
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[^5]: [Isle of Wight Newspaper June 2005](https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSMT20050622.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------) |