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Man Traps Home, Injures Agent

  • Gregory Rodvelt boobytrapped his home in Oregon with spike strips, steel animal traps, a modified rat trap that fired a shotgun shell, and a wheelchair that triggered a homemade shotgun device.
  • An FBI bomb technician was injured by one of the traps as authorities investigated Rodvelt's home.
  • Rodvelt rigged the traps in retaliation after losing his home in a lawsuit and finding out the state appointed an attorney to sell the property.
  • Rodvelt had previously been involved in a standoff with Arizona police and was found with guns, bombmaking materials, and a manual on improvised explosives.
  • Rodvelt was found guilty of assaulting a federal officer and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and faces up to 20 years to life in prison.
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