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Colorado man says he wanted to bomb accountant, not NAACP headquarters
Source: Los Angeles Times
Colorado man says he wanted to bomb accountant, not NAACP headquarters
By JAMES QUEALLY
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 1:09 PM
The 44-year-old man charged in an explosion outside an NAACP office building in Colorado Springs, Colo., told police he was trying to attack an accountant who allegedly stole tax records from him, not the civil rights group, according to a criminal complaint.
Thaddeus Murphy was arrested late Thursday and charged with arson and weapons offenses in connection with the Jan. 5 explosion outside the headquarters of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP, according to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney's office in Denver.
During interviews with federal investigators, Murphy admitted to the attack, but claimed he was trying to threaten an accountant who was withholding years of tax records, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday. Murphy did not appear to make any mention of animosity toward the NAACP in the interviews, though the complaint does not contain a complete transcript of his conversation with investigators.
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According to the complaint, Murphy told investigators that he built the pipe bomb using a shotgun shell, fireworks and other home materials that he used as a carpenter. He then placed the pipe bomb, a two-gallon can of gasoline and a road flare beside the building on South El Paso Street where he believed the tax offices were located. He told police that the “rationale for the pipe bomb was rage.”
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By JAMES QUEALLY
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 1:09 PM
The 44-year-old man charged in an explosion outside an NAACP office building in Colorado Springs, Colo., told police he was trying to attack an accountant who allegedly stole tax records from him, not the civil rights group, according to a criminal complaint.
Thaddeus Murphy was arrested late Thursday and charged with arson and weapons offenses in connection with the Jan. 5 explosion outside the headquarters of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP, according to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney's office in Denver.
During interviews with federal investigators, Murphy admitted to the attack, but claimed he was trying to threaten an accountant who was withholding years of tax records, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday. Murphy did not appear to make any mention of animosity toward the NAACP in the interviews, though the complaint does not contain a complete transcript of his conversation with investigators.
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According to the complaint, Murphy told investigators that he built the pipe bomb using a shotgun shell, fireworks and other home materials that he used as a carpenter. He then placed the pipe bomb, a two-gallon can of gasoline and a road flare beside the building on South El Paso Street where he believed the tax offices were located. He told police that the “rationale for the pipe bomb was rage.”
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-denver-man-arrested-in-bombing-of-colorado-naacp-offices-20150220-story.html
