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A southern Oregon man who rigged his home with booby traps after he lost the property in a lawsuit has been found guilty of assaulting an FBI agent with a tricked wheelchair.

Gregory Lee Rodvelt, 71, was accused of using Indiana Jones-inspired traps to keep the government from taking his home in the small town of Williams in September of 2018.

Rodvelt decided to place trips like a rigged wheelchair and hot tub at the home after he learned that a receiver had been appointed to sell the property.

A real estate lawyer tasked with selling the property had requested the police after finding a sign warning that the home was 'protected by improvised devices.'

When bomb technicians from Oregon State Police and the FBI arrived at the property, they noticed steel animal traps affixed to a gate post, as well as under the hood of the minivan that was blocking the gate.