Georgia men accused of blowing up woman's home, planning to release python to eat her child

Two Georgia men are facing charges after allegedly bombing a house with a homemade explosive, conspiring to "scalp" the victim and planning to release a large python snake to "eat" another victim, according to officials.

Stephen Glosser, 37, and Caleb Kinsey, 34, of Richmond Hill were indicted federally last week on several charges related to the explosion of a Bryan County woman's home in January, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Georgia said in a statement released on Thursday.

The initial incident occurred on Jan. 13, 2023, reported the Savannah Morning News, part of the USA TODAY network. In a press conference the following month, Bryan County Sheriff Mark Crowe said the explosion was so powerful, that it blew bricks off the residence and left behind a roughly two-by-two-foot crater in the concrete driveway.

“I've never seen anything like this in my 26 years of being in law enforcement,” Crowe said, reported the Savannah Morning News. “When I arrived on the scene out there, I had no idea of the devastation that I would see at the home. It almost looked like a tornado went off inside the home with all the debris and damage.”

A python, dog feces and other details come out

In Thursday's press release, officials said the men had plotted a variety of tactics meant to intimidate and potentially harm or even kill the victim.

The indictment alleges that from December 2022 to January 2023, Glosser and Kinsey used electronic communications to place the victim under surveillance “with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate."

The pair allegedly used cell phones to create plans to harass the victim, conspiring to shoot arrows into her door, release a "large python into the victim’s home to eat the victim’s daughter,” mail dog feces and dead rats to her home, scalp her and ultimately blow up her house.

The men also allegedly located the victim's home online, mapped out a path to get there and then built an explosive at Glosser’s home using Tannerite purchased online. This was the device ultimately used to blow up the home, which the victim had just moved into the day before the incident, according to a post by the sheriff's office. Luckily, everyone escaped with no injuries.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives later told WTOC that Glosser had met the victim through a dating app and the two had a casual relationship until things went sour, leading them to block each other.

Evidence discovered during the investigation also uncovered plans the pair, both former members of the U.S. Air Force, made to blow up a courthouse and go after a former coworker, WTOC reported.

Glosser, Kinsey had other plans, face multiple charges

Kinsey was later arrested in Lousiana, while Glosser was still in the local area at the time of his arrest. Kinsey was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, while Glosser was charged with possession, transporting and receiving explosives, said a Feb. 8, 2023 announcement by the Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire.

The two have since had their charges adjusted to 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, said the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The conspiracy charge carries a statutory penalty upon conviction of up to 20 years in prison, with an additional 10 years upon conviction for the charge of using an explosive to commit a felony.