Man who pleaded guilty in explosion near NAACP office sentenced

A man who pleaded guilty to setting off a small explosion near the NAACP office in Colorado Springs was sentenced to prison Tuesday.

Thaddeus Murphy, 44, will serve five years in federal prison.

The Jan. 6 blast drew attention because of its proximity to an office of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization but Murphy told investigators he had money problems and was actually targeting his accountant. It’s unclear if Murphy knew if his accountant died the previous June or if the accountant ever had an office in the building.