Colorado Springs NAACP office not target of January bombing, feds say

A man accused of setting off an explosive device outside a Colorado Springs NAACP office in January appeared Friday in federal court in Denver.

Thaddeus Murphy, 44, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of arson and being a felon in possession of firearms. Initially, federal and local investigators keyed in on an NAACP office in the building as the target in the Jan. 6 incident, but a criminal complaint against Murphy says an accountant who prepared his taxes in the past was the intended target.

He had to declare bankruptcy, the complaint said, and he was trying to get past tax records from the accountant, Steve DeHaven.

"Murphy believed DeHaven destroyed his tax records," according to the complaint. "Murphy stated that he 'flipped out' because of his financial problems."

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