A Georgia man was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison for bombing a woman's home and for planning to release a python into the home in the hopes it would devour the woman's daughter.
Stephen Glosser, 38, of Savannah, pleaded guilty to stalking and use of an explosive to commit another felony offense. Glosser also was ordered to pay $507,781 in restitution to two victims in the case, and to serve three years of supervised release, according to prosecutors.
"The level of malevolent violence in this case is astounding, and it's truly fortunate that there were no deaths as a result of this horrific crime," said Acting U.S. Attorney Tara Lyons. "This successful prosecution is a credit to the outstanding investigative work of the ATF and our state and local law enforcement partners."
In January 2023, Glosser bombed the woman's Richmond Hill home, severely damaging it. A subsequent investigation led to Glosser's arrest.
In pleading guilty, Glosser admitted a plan to terrorize the woman and her daughter through several methods. The plans "included conspiring to acquire and shoot arrows into the victim's front door, acquire and release a large python into the victim's home to eat the victim's daughter, acquire and mail dog feces to the victim's home, acquire and mail dead rats to the victim's home, to scalp the victim, and to blow up the victim's home," prosecutors stated.
Glosser stalked and located his victim through internet searches on his cell phone. This was done through an image the victim had previously shared with Glosser. An alleged co-conspirator, identified as Caleb Kinsey by PEOPLE, bought exploding targets online. The explosive material was then used to build a bomb. Prosecutors state that after the bombing, Glosser hired a cleaning service to clean the carpets in his residence to hide traces of the bomb-making materials.
Kinsey was taken into custody in Louisiana on unrelated charges and is awaiting prosecution in federal court.
"This case demonstrates the devastating impact of violent criminals who stop at nothing to terrorize their victims. ATF, along with our law enforcement partners, will aggressively pursue and bring to justice those who use explosive devices as tools of destruction," said Beau Kolodka, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Originally published on Latin Times
