1/7 Bradley Bunn, a Colorado man associated with the boogaloo movement who was arrested by the FBI while on his way to a May 1, 2020 anti-lockdown rally, has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges for making pipe bombs in his home. justice.gov/usao-co/pr/nor…
2/7 Bunn pleaded guilty to 1 count of making destructive devices & 4 counts of possessing destructive devices. Under the plea agreement he signed, he could face up to 10 yrs in prison for each count. Sentencing is scheduled for June 3.
3/7 Bunn had previously served 13 yrs w/ the Colorado National Guard in special forces, where he rose to the rank of captain, according to the @denverpost denverpost.com/2021/03/04/lov…
4/7 According to his plea agreement, Bunn explained to FBI agents during his interview: "If I had experienced a hard entry at 3 am, having been an infantry commander, it's really tough to get guys to spread out no matter how hard you try." 
5/7 And in a Facebook message to a friend, Bunn said the kind of pipe bombs he made were "small enough to work in close quarters yet sufficiently large to turn an entire shielded breach team into manageable sized parts for ziplock backs [sic] and 32 oz slurpee cups."
6/7 Following Bunn's arrest in May, boogaloo Facebook pages erupted with thinly veiled threats, prompting an alert from the US Department of Homeland Security rawstory.com/2020/05/homela…
7/7 A month later, police seized guns from Bunn associate Chevy McGee when he showed up at a Black Lives Matter rally in Denver following the killing of George Floyd coloradoan.com/videos/news/20…
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