SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY) — The Smithfield man found in possession of more than 150 pipe bombs will not go to trial this month.
Brad Spafford, 36, was arrested in December, and when FBI agents searched his property, they found what they described as the largest seizure of finished explosive devices in their history.
Spafford was charged with a federal weapons violation and a single count of possession of an unregistered explosive device.
Spafford’s case was originally scheduled to go to trial May 26, but Thursday, District Judge Arenda Wright Allen signed off on a joint motion to continue to a later date.
The attorneys in the case say they need more time to go over evidence and are still waiting for lab analysis, according to the filing. The document also mentions discussion of a pre-trial resolution of the matter.