Biography
Anarchist convicted of illegally possessing Molotov cocktails allegedly intended to be used at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Arrested on August 30, 2008 by FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force agents at a Minneapolis residence after being surveilled by a paid informant who met him at a CrimethInc Convergence near Waldo, Wisconsin. Pleaded guilty October 21, 2008 to one count of possession of a destructive device.
Matthew Bradley DePalma, age 24, an anarchist, was charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device for preparing Molotov cocktails to be used at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. He unwittingly told his plan to an FBI informant. Pleaded guilty; 42 months federal prison plus 3 years supervised release.
The CRASS arrestee-support booklet individually names the three RNC federal defendants and describes support after transfer from local custody to separate prisons. Printed page 54 (PDF page 48) discusses DePalma’s early plea and difficulties coordinating the Texas Two cases. It supplies no new precise individual admission, final discharge or complete duration. Existing cases are retained; transfer and a support committee are not new arrests. Untitled, or What to Do When Everyone Gets Arrested: A CRASS Course in Providing Arrestee Support, after2008RNC, original PDF page 27. Source: https://politicalprisonercoalition.org/pdfs/abc-chapters/bostonanarchistblackcross.__untitled_or-print.pdf#page=27
Official release endpoint verified October 13, 2026: The BOP locator, queried with public number 14126-041, returns MATTHEW BRADLEY DEPALMA, age 41, and not in BOP custody as of September 16, 2011. The number is independently linked to this case by the historical prisoner-support page; full name and age agree with the FBI sentencing account. This narrows the existing September 2011 release to a BOP endpoint day. The linked portrait resource returned 404 and is not published. Admission remains unresolved; conflicting August 28/30 arrest wording is flagged for complaint-level reconciliation, and no exact elapsed-day total is guessed.
