CRIME
Georgia Men Charged With Blowing Up Woman’s Home, Plotting To Have Python Eat Her Daughter
Bryan County Sheriff's Office
Two Georgia men have been indicted on a slew of federal charges for allegedly setting off a bomb at a woman’s home and plotting to release a python to eat her daughter.
Stephen Glosser, 37, and Caleb Kinsey, 34, both of Richmond Hill, were arrested in February 2023 in connection with setting off a homemade explosive on Jan. 13, 2023, at the home of a woman one of them had previously been in a relationship with.
In a joint effort between the State Fire Marshals Office, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the cause of the explosion was found to be an IED comprised of a binary explosive compound, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King said in a statement at the time.
Subsequent investigation revealed that from December 2022 to January 2023, the two men allegedly surveilled the victim “with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia.
The men allegedly discussed plans to shoot arrows into the victims front door, to mail dog feces or dead rats to the victim’s home, to scalp the victim, to blow up the victim’s home, and to release a large python into the victims home to eat the victims daughter, prosecutors said.
According to the indictment, Kinsey acquired and built an explosive device at Glossers home using Tannerite that he purchased online. Tannerite is a brand of firearms target designed to explode when struck by a bullet. The two then used the device to blow up the victim’s home on Jan. 13, 2023.
Kinsey and Glosser are charged with stalking; use of an explosive to commit another felony offense; conspiracy to use an explosive to commit a felony; and possession of an unregistered destructive device. Kinsey also is charged with false statement during the purchase of a firearm, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
Prosecutors said the conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, while using an explosive to commit a felony carries a penalty of 10 years in prison.
TMX contributed to this article.
